Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Proverbs 7:10
Subtil of heart. — Feigning love to her husband and devotion to her lovers, yet caring for none, only to satisfy her own passions.
Subtil of heart. — Feigning love to her husband and devotion to her lovers, yet caring for none, only to satisfy her own passions.
Verse Proverbs 7:10. _A WOMAN_ WITH _THE ATTIRE OF A HARLOT_] It appears that sitting in some open place, and covering the face, or having a veil of a peculiar kind on, was the evidence of a harlot,...
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...
SUBTIL. hidden. Hebrew. _nazar._ Not the same word as in Genesis 3:1. Same as in Isaiah 48:6....
_attire of a harlot_ Comp. Genesis 38:14; Ezekiel 16:16; Ezekiel 16:25; Bar 6:43. _subtil_ Lit. HIDDEN, or KEPT CLOSE, and so, _subtil_, or _wily_, because she keeps such strict watch over her h
CHAPTER 7 TEXT Proverbs 7:1-12 1. My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee. 2. Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye. 3. Bind them upon thy fin...
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. AND, BEHOLD, THERE MET HIM A WOMAN (WITH) THE ATTIRE OF AN HARLOT, AND SUBTIL OF HEART. How readily those meet...
THE BAD WOMAN A picture drawn from life of the enticing of a young man by a wicked woman....
The young man was alone. Perhaps he was lonely. He was weak. He wanted fun. Then, the woman came. She looked pretty. She looked sexy. (That is, her clothes showed the shape of her body.) The young ma...
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...
וְ הִנֵּ֣ה אִ֭שָּׁה לִ קְרָאתֹ֑ו שִׁ֥ית זֹ֝ונ
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...
_Attire. Covered with a veil, (Genesis xxxviii. 15.) though different from that of honest women. (Calmet) --- The wanton are commonly the most gaudy; nullarum fere pretiosior cultus est quam quarum pu...
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...
AND, BEHOLD, THERE MET HIM A WOMAN,.... A married woman, and an adulteress, as the following account of her shows; as soon as ever she discerned the young man before described, who she knew, by his ai...
And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. Ver. 10. _And behold there met him a woman._] Fit lettuce for such lips, a fit handle for such a hatchet. Every...
_For I looked through my casement_ Hebrew, בעד אשׁנבי, _per fenestellam meam, my little window_, or _lattice_, rather. For “in Palestine they had no glass to their windows: they closed them with latti...
and, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, the Hebrew expression referring either to indecent exposure or to a decorating of the bosom to draw attention to its charms, AND SUBTIL...
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...
WITH THE ATTIRE OF AN HARLOT; with a habit and carriage agreeable to her quality and design. SUBTLE, or _wary_, or _reserved_, as she showed in her following discourse; wherein she proposeth all thing...
Proverbs 7:10 woman H802 met H7125 (H8800) attire H7897 harlot H2181 (H8802) crafty H5341 (H8803) heart...
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....
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 Timothy 2:9; 2 Corinthians 11:2; 2 Corinthians 11:3; 2 Kings 9:22;...