Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Proverbs 7
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Proverbs7:5
5. The design of the teaching (compare Pr 2:16; 6:24).
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Proverbs7:6
6. For--or, "Since," introducing an example to illustrate the warning, which, whether a narrative or a parable, is equally pertinent.
window--or, "opening"
looked--literally, "watched earnestly" (Jud 5:28).
casement--or, "lattice."
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Proverbs7:7
7. simple--as in Pr 1:4.
void of, &c.--(Compare Pr 6:32).
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Proverbs7:8
8. her corner--where she was usually found.
went ... house--implying, perhaps, confidence in himself by his manner, as denoted in the word
went--literally, "tread pompously."
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Proverbs7:9
9. The time, twilight, ending in darkness.
black ... night--literally, "pupil," or, "eye," that is, middle of night.
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Proverbs7:10
10. attire--that of harlots was sometimes peculiar.
subtile--or, "wary," "cunning."
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Proverbs7:11-12
11-12. loud--or, "noisy," "bustling."
stubborn--not submissive.
without ... streets, ... corner--(Compare 1Ti 5:13; Tit 2:5).
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Proverbs7:13-15
13-15. The preparations for a feast do not necessarily imply peculiar religious professions. The offerer retained part of the victim for a feast (Le 3:9, &c.). This feast she professes was prepared for him whom she boldly addresses as one sought specially to partake of it.
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Proverbs7:16-17
16-17. my bed--or, "couch," adorned in the costliest manner.
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Proverbs7:18-20
18-20. There is no fear of discovery.
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Proverbs7:21
21. caused ... yield--or, "inclines."
flattering--(Compare Pr 5:3).
forced him--by persuasion overcoming his scruples.
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Proverbs7:22
22. straightway--quickly, either as ignorant of danger, or incapable of resistance.
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Proverbs7:23
23. Till--He is now caught (Pr 6:26).
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Proverbs7:24
24. The inferential admonition is followed (Pr 7:26, 27), by a more general allegation of the evils of this vice.
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Proverbs7:26-27
26-27. Even the mightiest fail to resist her deathly allurements.
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Proverbs7:1-4
CHAPTER 7
Pr 7:1-27. The subject continued, by a delineation of the arts of strange women, as a caution to the unwary.
1-4. Similar calls (Pr 3:1-3; 4:10, &c.).
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