I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.
Ver. 16. I have decked my bed.] Lest haply by being abroad so late he should question where to have a bed, she assures him of a dainty one, with curious curtains.
Verse Proverbs 7:16. _I HAVE DECKED MY BED_] ערשי _arsi_, "my couch or sofa;" distinguished from משכבי _mishcabi_, "my bed," Proverbs 7:17, _the place to sleep on_, as the other was _the place to rec...
The words point to the art and commerce which flourished under Solomon. CARVED WORKS - Most commentators take the original as meaning “striped coverlets of linen of Egypt.”...
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...
DECKED, &C. These words in verses: Proverbs 7:16; Proverbs 7:17, are rare words appropriately put into the lips of. foreigner....
_deckt_… with. _coverings_ Lit. COVERED … WITH COVERINGS, or CUSHIONED … WITH CUSHIONS, the words being two forms of the same Heb. root, which does not occur elsewhere. _bed_ or, _couch_: a different...
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...
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. I HAVE DECKED MY BED WITH COVERINGS OF TAPESTRY, WITH CARVED (WORKS), WITH FINE LINEN OF EGYPT. The his...
THE BAD WOMAN A picture drawn from life of the enticing of a young man by a wicked woman....
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...
CARVED WORKS. — Rather, _with coloured or striped coverlets._ For another notice of the extravagance of the women of Jerusalem, see Isaiah 3, and for a description of the trade of Tyre, the great supp...
מַ֭רְבַדִּים רָבַ֣דְתִּי עַרְשִׂ֑י חֲ֝טֻבֹ֗ות אֵט֥וּן מִצְרָֽיִם׃...
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...
_Cords. For greater ease, instead of boards, (Menochius) or the curtains are hung with precious cords from Egypt. (Calmet)_...
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, Passing through the street near her corne...
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...
I HAVE DECKED MY BED WITH COVERINGS OF TAPESTRY,.... Made use of by the ancients o for bed clothes: beautiful ornaments, as Gersom; and precious garments, as Jarchi. She had adorned her bed with curta...
_Therefore came I forth to meet thee_ As not being able to take any pleasure in my feast without thy company; _and I have found thee _ By a happy providence of God complying with my desires, to my gre...
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...
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with beautiful and costly upholstering and pillows, with carved works, WITH FINE LINEN OF EGYPT, that is, with variegated coverlets of Egyptian linen....
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...
She designs to inflame his lust by the mention of the bed, and by its ornaments and perfumes....
Proverbs 7:16 spread H7234 (H8804) bed H6210 tapestry H4765 coverings H2405 Egyptian H4714 linen H330 decked -...
A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SEDUCTION OF THE NAIVE YOUNG MAN BY THE ‘STRANGE WOMAN' (PROVERBS 7:6). This account divides up into three, what the father observes of the naive young man's actions (Pro...
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....
_I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry._ A LUXURIOUS BED “I have exhausted the toil of myself and bought the toil of others to increase the luxury of my rest. Come and see the courtly eleg...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 7:13 The woman tries many things to appeal to the young man. She kisses him boldly in public. She flatters him into thinking he is someone special (TO MEET YOU, TO SEEK YOU E...
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...
1 Kings 10:28; Ezekiel 27:7; Isaiah 19:9; Revelation 2:22;...