CHAPTER V _Farther exhortations to acquire wisdom_, 1, 2. _The character of a loose woman, and the ruinous consequences_ _of attachment to such_, 3-14. _Exhortations to chastity and moderation_, 15-21. _The miserable end of the wicked_, 22, 23. NOTES ON CHAP. V Verse Proverbs 5:1. _ATTEND UNT... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:3. _THE LIPS OF A STRANGE WOMAN_] One that is not _thy own_, whether Jewess or heathen. _DROP_ AS _A HONEY-COMB_] She uses the most deceitful, flattering, and alluring speeches: as the droppings of the honey out of the comb are the sweetest of all.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:4. _BITTER AS WORMWOOD_] כלענה _Kelanah_, like the _detestable_ herb _wormwood_, or something analogous to it: something as excessive in its _bitterness_, as _honey_ is in its _sweetness_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:5. _HER FEET GO DOWN TO DEATH_] She first, like a serpent, infuses her _poison_, by which the whole _constitution_ of her paramour is infected, which soon or late brings on _death_. _HER STEPS TAKE HOLD ON HELL._] First, the _death of the body_; and then the damnation of the soul.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:6. _LEST THOU SHOULDEST PONDER_] To prevent thee from reflecting on thy present conduct, and its consequences, _her ways_ _are moveable _- she continually varies her allurements. _THOU CANST NOT KNOW THEM._] It is impossible to conceive all her tricks and wiles: to learn these in a... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:7. _HEAR ME - O YE CHILDREN_] בנים _banim, sons, young men_ in general: for these are the most likely to be deceived and led astray.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:8. _COME NOT NIGH THE DOOR OF HER HOUSE_] Where there are generally such exhibitions as have a natural tendency to excite impure thoughts, and irregular passions.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:9. _LEST THOU GIVE THINE HONOUR_] The _character_ of a _debauchee_ is universally detested: by this, even those of _noble_ _blood_ lose their _honour_ and _respect_. _THY YEARS UNTO THE CRUEL_] Though all the blandishments of love dwell on the tongue, and the excess of fondness ap... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:11. _WHEN THY FLESH AND THY BODY ARE CONSUMED_] The word שאר _shear_, which we render body, signifies properly the _remains,_ _residue_, or _remnant_ of a thing: and is applied here to denote the _breathing carcass, putrid_ with the _concomitant disease_ of debauchery: a public rep... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:14. _I WAS ALMOST IN ALL EVIL_] This vice, like a whirlpool, sweeps all others into its vortex. _IN THE MIDST OF THE CONGREGATION AND ASSEMBLY._] _In the mydel of_ _the Curche and of the Synagoge _- Old MS. Bible. Such persons, however sacred the place, carry about with _them eyes... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:15. _DRINK WATERS OUT OF THINE OWN CISTERN_] Be satisfied with thy own wife; and let the wife see that she reverence her husband; and not tempt him by inattention or unkindness to seek elsewhere what he has a right to expect, but cannot find, at _home_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:16. _LET THY FOUNTAINS BE DISPERSED ABROAD_] Let thy children lawfully begotten be numerous.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:17. _LET THEM BE ONLY THINE OWN_] The off-spring of a legitimate connection; a _bastard brood_, however numerous, is no credit to any man.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:18. _LET THY FOUNTAIN BE BLESSED_] יהי מקורך ברוך _yehi_ _mekorecha baruch_. _Sit vena tua benedicta_. Thy _vein_; that which carries off streams from the fountain of _animal life_, in order to _disperse them abroad_, and _through the streets_. How _delicate_ and correct is the _all... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:19. _THE LOVING HIND AND PLEASANT ROE_] By אילת _aiyeleth_, the _deer_; by יעלה _yaalah_, the _ibex_ or mountain _goat_, may be meant. _LET HER BREASTS SATISFY THEE_] As the infant is satisfied with the breasts of its mother; so shouldst thou be with the wife of thy youth.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:21. _FOR THE WAYS OF A MAN_] Whether they are public or private, God sees all the steps thou takest in life.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:22. _HE SHALL BE HOLDEN WITH THE CORDS OF HIS SINS._] Most people who follow unlawful pleasures, think _they can give them up_ _whenever they please_; but sin _repeated_ becomes _customary_; custom soon engenders _habit_; and habit in the end assumes the form of _necessity_; the man... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Proverbs 5:23. _HE SHALL DIE WITHOUT INSTRUCTION_] This is _most likely_, and it is a _general_ case; but even _these_ may repent and live.... [ Continue Reading ]