Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 7:23
The first clause does not connect itself very clearly with the foregoing, and is probably affected by the corrupt text which makes it perplexing.
The first clause does not connect itself very clearly with the foregoing, and is probably affected by the corrupt text which makes it perplexing.
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...
LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
_dart_ Rather, ARROW, R.V.; sagitta, Vulg. The LXX. have ἢ ὡς ἔλαφος τοξεύματι πεπληγὼς εἰς τὸ ἧπαρ....
HE GOETH AFTER HER STRAIGHTWAY, &C.— Dr. Grey renders these verses thus: _He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter; as a dog to the chain, and as a deer, till the dart strike th...
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...
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. TILL A DART STRIKE THROUGH HIS LIVER; AS A BIRD HASTETH TO THE SNARE, AND KNOWETH NOT...
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...
Solomon saw no more. But then he says that the young man died. Solomon is explaining what might happen to such a man in the end. Solomon’s message is clear. We should learn to be wise. Then we shall...
TILL A DART STRIKE THROUGH HIS LIVER. — These words must be taken in a parenthesis. THAT IT IS FOR HIS LIFE. — _i.e._, at the cost of it, when “his flesh and body are consumed,” and remorse has seize...
עַ֤ד יְפַלַּ֪ח חֵ֡ץ כְּֽבֵדֹ֗ו כְּ מַהֵ֣ר צִפ
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 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...
TILL A DART STRIKE THROUGH HIS LIVER,.... The fountain of blood, and so of life; which, being pierced through and poured out, is certain death, Lamentations 2:11; the meaning is, till he is slain eith...
_Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life._ Ver. 23. _Till a dart strike through his liver,_] _i.e,_ Filthy lust, that fiery dar...
_With her much fair speech_ Which implies that her alluring words were more effectual with him than her impudent kisses, which possibly had a little alienated his mind from her; _she caused him to yie...
till a dart strike through his liver, an arrow dividing his vital organs; AS A BIRD HASTETH TO THE SNARE AND KNOWETH NOT THAT IT IS FOR HIS LIFE, the young man of the story and all victims like him no...
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...
HIS LIVER, i.e. his vital parts, whereof the liver is one. Till his life be lost, as it is explained in the next clause. KNOWETH NOT; which may be referred either to a foolish and inconsiderate young...
Proverbs 7:23 arrow H2671 struck H6398 (H8762) liver H3516 bird H6833 hastens H4116 (H8763) snare H6341 know...
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....
_Till a dart strike through his liver._ THE GOSPEL OF HEALTH Solomon had noticed, either in vivisection or in post-mortem, what awful attacks sin and dissipation make upon the liver, until the fiat o...
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...
Ecclesiastes 9:12; Numbers 25:8; Numbers 25:9; Proverbs 1:17; Pr
His liver — His vital parts, 'till his life be lost....