Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Proverbs 7:24
Verse Proverbs 7:24. Hearken unto me now, therefore, O ye children] Ye that are young and inexperienced, seriously consider the example set before your eyes, and take warning at another's expense.
Verse Proverbs 7:24. Hearken unto me now, therefore, O ye children] Ye that are young and inexperienced, seriously consider the example set before your eyes, and take warning at another's expense.
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...
CHILDREN. sons. See the Structure, p. 864....
_ye children_ Rather, _Now, therefore_, MY SONS, &c., R.V. It is the same word as that which opens this appeal (Proverbs 7:1), and is constantly used by the Teacher throughout these addresses. See Pro...
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...
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. HEARKEN UNTO ME NOW THEREFORE, O YE CHILDREN, AND ATTEND TO THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH - which, though pungent, are ne...
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 speaks to his ‘sons’ (plural). In verse 1, he was speaking only to one son. The story was a personal lesson, to a loved son. Now, he speaks to us all. We all need to be wise. We all need to be...
וְ עַתָּ֣ה בָ֭נִים שִׁמְעוּ ־לִ֑י וְ֝ הַקְשִׁ
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...
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...
HEARKEN UNTO ME NOW THEREFORE, O YE CHILDREN,.... The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions, read, in the singular number, "my son", in the same manner as the chapter begins; but it is in the...
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. Ver. 24. _Hearken now therefore._] Call up the ears of thy mind Luk 8:18 to the ears of thy body, that one sound may...
_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...
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...
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth, this exhortation receiving added weight on account of the story to which it is attached....
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Proverbs 7:24 listen H8085 (H8798) children H1121 attention H7181 (H8685) words H561 mouth H6310 O -...
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....
_Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children._ ON IMPURITY Cicero says, “There is not a more pernicious evil to man than the lust of sensual pleasure; the fertile source of every detestable crime,...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 7:24 The narrative of the fool and the trap are meant to instill in the SONS the good sense to keep far from such WAYS or PATHS. Such caution is learned
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 4:14; 1 Corinthians 4:15; 1 John 2:1; Galatians 4:19;...