Verse Proverbs 7:26. _FOR SHE HATH CAST DOWN MANY WOUNDED: YEA, MANY STRONG_ _MEN HAVE BEEN SLAIN BY HER._] That is, such like women have been the ruin of many. חללים _chalalim_, which we render _wou...
The house of the harlot is now likened to a field of battle strewn with the corpses of the many slain....
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...
SHE HATH CAST DOWN. Illustrations: Samson (Judges 16:4); David (2 Samuel 11); Solomon (1 Kings 11.Nehemiah 13:26;...
_many strong_ This is the rendering of a single Heb. word, which may mean _mighty_, as it usually does, or (comp. the use of the verb in Psalms 40:5; Psalms 40:12 [Hebrews 6:13]) _many_. Lit. MIGHTY O...
FOR SHE HATH CAST DOWN— The LXX read, _She hath cast dawn many whom she hath wounded; and they whom she hath slain are innumerable._ There are those who read, _She hath caused many soldiers to fall, a...
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...
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. FOR SHE HATH CAST DOWN MANY WOUNDED; YEA, MANY STRONG (MEN) HAVE BEEN SLAIN BY HER - as Solomon himself subsequentl...
7:26 strong. (g-14) Others translate, 'are numerous.'...
Read, 'Yea, many are those she has slain.'...
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...
In the story, the woman offered love, but instead she caused great danger. She offered fun and life, but she gave only death. Evil ideas might seem attractive. But such thoughts are really lies. In re...
כִּֽי ־רַבִּ֣ים חֲלָלִ֣ים הִפִּ֑ילָה וַ֝ עֲצֻמִ֗ים...
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...
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many (i) strong [men] have been slain by her. (i) Neither wit nor strength can deliver them who fall into the hands of the harlot....
_Her. Solomon gave a melancholy proof of this, as well as David, and Amnon. (Calmet)_...
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...
FOR SHE HATH CAST DOWN MANY WOUNDED,.... Wounded in their name, character, and reputation; in their bodies by diseases; and in their souls by guilt, shame, and horror, through a compliance with her si...
For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her. Ver. 26. _For she hath cast down many._] That have let in death at those windows of wickedness, those loop holes of...
_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...
For she hath cast down many wounded, many are those who have fallen victims to her wiles; YEA, MANY STRONG MEN HAVE BEEN SLAIN BY HER, both in body and soul....
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...
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...
STRONG MEN; men that excel others, either, 1. In bodily strength, upon which they presume, which yet is wasted, and by degrees ruined, by these courses. Or, 2. In wisdom, and fortitude, and resoluti...
Proverbs 7:26 down H5307 (H8689) many H7227 wounded H2491 slain H2026 (H8803) strong H6099...
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....
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 Corinthians 10:8; 1 Kings 11:1; 1 Kings 11:2; 1 Peter 2:11;...