She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.
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She is loud and defiant. Her feet don’t stay in her house.
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(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
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She is riotous and rebellious, her feet abide not in her house;
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Passages linked to Proverbs 7:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 9:13 The foolish woman is loud, undisciplined, and knows nothing.
- Titus 2:5 to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.
- Proverbs 31:10-31 Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax, and works eagerly with her hands. She is like the merchant ships. She brings her bread from afar. She rises also while it is yet night, gives food to her household, and portions for her servant girls. She considers a field, and buys it. With the fruit of her hands, she plants a vineyard. She arms her waist with strength, and makes her arms strong. She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp doesn’t go out by night. She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. She opens her arms to the poor; yes, she extends her hands to the needy. She is not afraid of the snow for her household; for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She makes for herself carpets of tapestry. Her clothing is fine linen and purple. Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land. She makes linen garments and sells them, and delivers sashes to the merchant. Strength and dignity are her clothing. She laughs at the time to come. She opens her mouth with wisdom. Kind instruction is on her tongue. She looks well to the ways of her household, and doesn’t eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her: “Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.” Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands! Let her works praise her in the gates!
- 1 Timothy 5:13-14 Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not. I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.
- Genesis 18:9 They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “There, in the tent.”
- Proverbs 25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.
- Proverbs 27:14-15 He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him. A continual dropping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike:
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He describeth certain conditions, which are peculiar to harlots.
He describeth certain conditions, which are peculiar to harlots.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 7:11 (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet…
Pro 7:11 (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
Ver. 11. Her feet abide not in her house.] As the modest woman’s do, {Tit 2:5} who is therefore called domiporta, set forth by the snail, which carries her house on her back, and compared to the vine, that grows by the house side. {Psa 128:3} The Egyptian women wear no shoes, that they might the better keep home. Of the Italian women it is said, that they are magpies at the door, saints in the church, goats in the garden, devils in the house, angels in the streets, and sirens in the windows. {a}
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{a} Heylin’s Geog.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Loud, or clamorous, or full of talk, which served…
Loud, or clamorous, or full of talk, which served her design.
Stubborn; rebellious against God, and against her husband, and incorrigible by all admonitions of ministers or friends.
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Her feet abide not in her house; she minds not her business, which lies at home, but gives up herself wholly to idleness and pleasure, which she seeks abroad with other men.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Now is she without,.... The word for whore is…
Now is she without,.... The word for whore is sometimes rendered in the Targum (i) one that goes abroad, or without her house; sitting or standing at the door of it, in an idle posture, and in order to invite her lovers in; and if she can get none this way, or quickly, grows impatient: she is
now in the streets; takes her walks abroad in the streets of the city, to see who she can light of, to pick up and bring home;
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and lieth in wait at every corner; of the street, where more ways meet, sometimes at one corner, and sometimes at another, that she may take all that comes; sometimes she is "without" in the fields, and in the country, to see what she can meet with there; and sometimes in the "streets" of the city, and in the populous places of it, in the markets, and courts, and in every private corner, trying all ways to gain lovers, and satisfy her lust (k): all which may represent the diligence and industry, art and cunning, of the Romish emissaries to gain proselytes to their idolatrous worship, who everywhere lie in wait to deceive.
(i) Targ. Onk. in Gen. xxxiv. 31. (k) "Mille modi veneris", Ovid de Arte Amandi, l. 3. prope finem.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. She is loud and stubborn] המיה homiyah,…
Verse 11. She is loud and stubborn] המיה homiyah, she is never at rest, always agitated; busily employed to gain her end, and this is to go into the path of error: סררת sorereth, "turning aside;" preferring any way to the right way. And, therefore, it is added, her feet abide not in her house; she gads abroad; and this disposition probably first led her to this vice.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Pro 7:11-12. She is loud, &c. — Here the…
Pro 7:11-12. She is loud, &c. — Here the wise man draws her character. המיה היא וסררת, She is clamorous and obstinate, or refractory. She is full of talk, self-willed, disobedient to her husband, rebellious against God, and incorrigible by any admonitions of ministers or friends. Her feet abide not in her house — She minds not her business, which lies in her own house, but gives herself wholly up to idleness and pleasure, which she seeks in gadding abroad, and in changing her place and company. Now she is without — Standing, or waiting nigh the door of her house; now in the streets — In places of resort; and lieth in wait at every corner — To pick up such as she can make a prey of.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Loud and stubborn - Both words describe the half-animal…
Loud and stubborn - Both words describe the half-animal signs of a vicious nature. Compare Hos 4:16.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Not....quiet. Is not in Hebrew. (Calmet) --- "She is…
Not....quiet. Is not in Hebrew. (Calmet) --- "She is loud and stubborn, her feet abide not in her house." (Protestants) (Haydock) --- Chaste women are guarded in their speech, and keep at home. (Menochius)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain loud--or, "noisy," "bustling."
loud--or, "noisy," "bustling."
stubborn--not submissive.
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without . . . streets, . . . corner--(Compare Ti1 5:13; Tit 2:5).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 11, 12. Loud… stubborn — Or, reckless, turbulent, and…
11, 12. Loud… stubborn — Or, reckless, turbulent, and refractory; in Hos_4:16, rendered backsliding. The idea is that of a wild heifer that will not submit to the yoke; this woman will not be restrained, but is ever gadding about — always a bad sign, in woman or man; whereas chastity is associated (Tit_2:5) with keeping at home.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. loud] or clamorous, R.V., as the word is…
11. loud] or clamorous, R.V., as the word is rendered in the parallel passage Pro_9:13, A.V.
stubborn] Rather, refractory, like a restive animal, as the same Heb. word is used of a heifer that casts off all restraint, Hos_4:16, where R.V. renders stubborn, though here wilful. Comp. our expression, unbridled lust.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) Her feet abide not in her house.—She is…
(11) Her feet abide not in her house.—She is not a “keeper at home,” as St. Paul (Tit_2:5) would have Christian matrons to be.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 11 and 12 describe the character and habits…
Vers. 11 and 12 describe the character and habits of this woman, not as she appeared on this occasion, but as she is known to the writer.
She is loud; boisterous, clamorous, as Pro_9:13. The description applies to a brute beast at certain periods. Stubborn; ungovernable, like an animal that will not bear the yoke. (Hos_4:16) Vulgate, garrula et vaga, "talkative and unsettled;" Septuagint, anepterwmenh kai aswtov , "flighty and debauched." Her feet abide not in her house. She is the opposite of the careful, modest housewife, who stays at home and manages her family affairs. (Tit_2:5) The Vulgate inserts another trait: quietis impatiens, "always restless."
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