Proverbs 7:13

So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, SO SHE CAUGHT HIM, AND KISSED HIM - instead of waiting for him to make the first advance, as is the course of natural propriety. The Hebrew adage quaintly says, 'The man seeks what he has lost'-namely, the rib taken from his side for the formation of woman. (AND) WITH AN IMPUDENT FACE SAID UNTO HIM - literally, 'she strengthened her face, and said.' She now outdid even herself in impudence and immodesty....

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 Solomon has set before his eyes in so lively and plain a manner, the danger of even going near them? Then is he as the man who would dance on the edge of a lofty rock, when he has just seen another fall headlong from the same place. The misery of self-ruined sinners began in disregard to God's blessed commands. We ought daily to pray that we may be kept from running into temptation, else we invite the enemies of our souls to spread snares for us. Ever avoid the neighbourhood of vice. Beware of sins which are said to be pleasant sins. They are the more dangerous, because they most easily gain the heart, and close it against repentance. Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it....

Verse Proverbs 7:13. _SO SHE CAUGHT HIM_] Laid _fast hold_ on him, and _kissed_ _him_, to show that she was affectionately attached to him. _AND WITH AN IMPUDENT FACE_] העזה פניה _heezzah paneyha_, "she strengthened her countenance," assumed the most confident look she could; endeavoured to appear friendly and sincere....

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 this chapter and the following a contrast is drawn between the adulteress and Wisdom. PROVERBS 7:1 MY SON, KEEP MY WORDS. The teacher enjoins his pupil, as in Proverbs 2:1, to observe the rules which he gives. Lay up, as a precious treasure (see on Proverbs 2:1 and Proverbs 2:7

SO SHE CAUGHT HIM, AND KISSED HIM,.... The young man that went near her corner where she was plying, or in the way to her house, where she was sitting, or standing, waiting and watching for such an opportunity, for such a person, as a prey to fasten on; and no sooner she saw him, and come up to him, but, without any ceremony or address, she laid hold upon him, as the word l signifies, threw her arms about his neck, and embraced him in them; and, what is unusual for women to do, kissed him, in order to stir up wanton affections and impure desires in him; [AND] WITH AN IMPUDENT FACE; or, "and she strengthened her face" m; rubbed her forehead, put on a brasen face, a whore's front; see Jeremiah 3:3. And SAID UNTO HIM; accosted him in the following manner, without shame or blushing. l החזיקה בו "apprehendit eum", Pagninus, Mercerus, Gejerus, Mic

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 God, not to multiply wives (Deuteronomy 17:17) his end would not have been spent in the degrading fellowship with the harlots of other nations. The description is very graphic. What the word pictures is as prominent in the great centers of Christendom as it was thousands of years ago in Babylon and Egypt. And so it is still true: _ She hath cast down many wounded;_ Yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, Going down to the chambers of death. But think of Solomon after having received these inspired descriptions and warnings, that he should have been forgetful of them all....

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 commandments and the torah of the sage, that he may be preserved from the adulteress. PROVERBS 7:3 B. _cf._ 2 Corinthians 3:3, and for the opposite thought Jeremiah 17:1. Proverbs 7:4. kinswoman: lit. one well known, familiar friend, only in Ruth 2:1;...

IMPUDENT. Hebrew hardened. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for boldness....

_with an impudent face_ An excellent translation (Lit. _she strengthened, or hardened her face, and said_, A.V. and R.V. marg.), following the LXX. ἀναιδεῖ προσώπῳ, and the Vulg. procaci vultu....

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. Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 16. I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. 17. I have perfumed by bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18. Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves. 19. For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey: 20. He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon. 21. With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield, With th