Proverbs 7:8

Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, PASSING THROUGH THE STREET NEAR HER CORNER - in violation of the precept, "Pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away" (Proverbs 4:15; Proverbs 5:8). "Her corner" was in a place where two streets met, and therefore was laid out to catch youths passing by from two or more directions. AND HE WENT THE WAY TO HER HOUSE. "Went" - literally, moved leisurely and with studied gait, with stately air and bearing [ yitsª`aad (H6805), Judges 5:4, "marchedst;...

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 7:8. _HE WENT THE WAY TO HER HOUSE._] She appears to have had a corner house sufficiently remarkable; and a way from the main street to it....

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

PASSING THROUGH THE STREET NEAR HER CORNER,.... The house of the harlot that stood in a corner to take in persons that came both ways; to come near which is dangerous; this was putting himself in the way of temptation; or the corner of the street where she stood to pick up young men; it could be with no good design to walk the streets in the night, and to go where harlots haunt, and where they dwell or stand; or, however, it was exposing himself to danger, and, had he took the wise man's advice, would not have done it, Proverbs 5:8; we should abstain from all appearance of evil, and from everything that leads to sin; and as to immorality and uncleanness, so to false doctrine and false worship; the synagogues of Satan and Popish chapels should be avoided; AND HE WENT THE WAY TO HER HOUSE; that led directly to her house, which shows a bad intention; and if his design was not

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;...

STREET. back street. WENT. sauntered....

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 fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart. 4. Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman; 5. That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words. 6. For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice; 7. And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding, 8. Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house, 9. In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In

THE BAD WOMAN A picture drawn from life of the enticing of a young man by a wicked woman....