Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Proverbs 7:25
Decline to her ways; either to the paths which lead to her house, or to her manner of living.
Decline to her ways; either to the paths which lead to her house, or to her manner of living.
CHAPTER 7 The entire chapter is a continuation of the strange woman and the warning against her. The Word and the law of the Lord will keep the obedient son from her. If Solomon had obeyed the Word of...
The longest and most elaborate description of the adulteress, the fate of her victim, and the value of wisdom as a safeguard. PROVERBS 7:1. General advice to the young man to observe the commandment...
TEXT Proverbs 7:13-27 13. So she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face she said unto him: 14. Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows. 15. There...
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. LET NOT THINE HEART DECLINE TO HER WAYS, GO NOT ASTRAY IN HER PATHS. Neither err in heart (the first clause), nor in movements...
THE BAD WOMAN A picture drawn from life of the enticing of a young man by a wicked woman....
Solomon is not writing about the actual woman whom he saw. He is writing about women like her. But he is really thinking about evil ideas. These thoughts can spoil your life. They will take you to dea...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 7 PROVERBS CHAPTER S 7 TO 9 The last, and greatest, of Solomon’s lessons, begins here. Since chapter 1, we have read the words that Solomon t...
אַל ־יֵ֣שְׂטְ אֶל ־דְּרָכֶ֣יהָ לִבֶּ֑ךָ אַל ־
CHAPTER 8 REALISM IN MORAL TEACHING "I looked forth through my lattice; and I beheld." Proverbs 7:6 THE three Chapter s which close the introduction of our book (7-9) present a lively and picturesqu...
This is a second parental exhortation, and consists of a warning against the allurements of the strange woman. A graphic picture of the seduction of a youth void of understanding is given. The woman w...
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many s...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...
LET NOT THINE HEART DECLINE TO HER WAYS,.... Or turn not aside from the right way, the path of truth and holiness, to those of the whorish woman, that lead to ruin and destruction; do not so much as t...
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. Ver. 25. _Let not thine heart._] Think not of her, lust not after her. Thoughts and affections are _sibi mutuo causae._ "While I m...
_Hearken unto me now therefore_ “This is a true representation, my dear children, of the folly and danger of these lewd courses, in which youth is prone to be engaged; and therefore do not look upon i...
CONDEMNATION OF FORNICATION AND ADULTERY. On account of the terrible devastation wrought by sins of adultery and by every gratification of sexual desires outside of holy wedlock, affecting not only t...
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, those of the harlot, GO NOT ASTRAY IN HER PATHS....
6-27 Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after...
Proverbs 7:25 heart H3820 aside H7847 (H8799) ways H1870 stray H8582 (H8799) paths H5410 thine -...
A FINAL APPEAL ADDRESSED TO ‘SONS' NOT TO FOLLOW HER BECAUSE HER WAY IS THE WAY OF DEATH (PROVERBS 7:24). This final appeal is addressed, not to ‘my son' but to ‘sons'. He may well be thinking, not on...
CONTENTS: Warning against all approaches to the sin of adultery. CHARACTERS: Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: The Word of God, if used for a defense and armor, will keep one from the strange woman and...
Proverbs 7:1. _Keep my words lay up my commandments._ These terms being of constant occurrence in the didactic scriptures, will be found explained in the beginning of the hundred and nineteenth psalm....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 7:24 The narrative of the fool and the trap are meant to instill in the SONS the good sense to keep far from such WAYS or PATHS. Such caution is learned
CRITICAL NOTES. PROVERBS 7:7. SIMPLE, “inexperienced.” PROVERBS 7:8. WENT, “moved leisurely, sauntered.” PROVERBS 7:9. IN THE BLACK AND DARK NIGHT, literally, “in the apple,” or “pupil” of the night...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 7:1 13. _Thirteenth admonitory discourse, _containing a warning against adultery, treated under a different aspect from previous exhortations, and strengthened by an example. In...
He continues his exhortation to the son in chapter 7. Still talking about these women that are the wrong sort. My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and li...
Isaiah 53:6; Matthew 5:28; Proverbs 23:31; Proverbs 4:14; Proverbs