Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
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Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
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Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
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Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, and lieth in wait at every corner.
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Passages linked to Proverbs 7:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 23:28 Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
- Proverbs 9:14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
- Revelation 18:3 For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality, the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from the abundance of her luxury.”
- Jeremiah 2:20 “For long ago I broke off your yoke, and burst your bonds. You said, ‘I will not serve;’ for on every high hill and under every green tree you bowed yourself, playing the prostitute.
- Jeremiah 2:33 How well you prepare your way to seek love! Therefore you have even taught the wicked women your ways.
- Jeremiah 2:36 Why do you go about so much to change your ways? You will be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
- Jeremiah 3:2 “Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat waiting for them by the road, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.
- Ezekiel 16:24-25 “that you have built for yourselves a vaulted place, and have made yourselves a lofty place in every street. You have built your lofty place at the head of every way, and have made your beauty an abomination, and have opened your feet to everyone who passed by, and multiplied your prostitution.
- Ezekiel 16:31 in that you build your vaulted place at the head of every way, and make your lofty place in every street, and have not been as a prostitute, in that you scorn pay.
- Revelation 18:23 The light of a lamp will shine no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the princes of the earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 7:12 Now [is she] without, now in the…
Pro 7:12 Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Ver. 12. Now she is without.] {See Trapp on "Pro 7:11"} Further observe, that the former faults - loudness of language, stubbornness against a husband’s lawful commands and restraints, and this of gadding up and down to see and to be seen - albeit they be not certain signs, yet they are strong presumptions of a whorish disposition.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Without; standing or waiting without or nigh the door…
Without; standing or waiting without or nigh the door of her house.
In the streets; in places of resort.
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At every corner; at the corners of the streets, where she might either conceal or discover herself, as she saw fit.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So she caught him, and kissed him,.... The young…
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 Jer 3:3. And
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said unto him; accosted him in the following manner, without shame or blushing.
(l) "apprehendit eum", Pagninus, Mercerus, Gejerus, Michaelis, Schultens. (m) "et roboravit facies suas", Montanus; "vultumque suum obfirmavit", Schultens, so Michaelis; "obfirmabat", Cocceius.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Without - Without the door of her house. Corner…
Without - Without the door of her house. Corner - Of the streets, where she might either conceal or discover herself, as she saw fit.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. Now is she without] She is continually…
Verse 12. Now is she without] She is continually exposing herself, and showing by her gait and gestures what she is, and what she wants. These two verses are a parenthesis, intended to show the character of the woman.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. without … streets] Rather, in the streets, in…
12. without … streets] Rather, in the streets, in the open spaces, or squares.
corner] Where two or more ways meet, and there is therefore more likelihood of passers-by. Comp. Mat_6:5.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Now is she without, now in the streets. At…
Now is she without, now in the streets. At one moment outside her own door, at another in the open street. Septuagint: "At one time she roams without (exw rembetai )." The woman is represented not as a common prostitute, but as a licentious wife, who, in her unbridled lustfulness, acts the part of a harlot. Lieth in wait at every corner; seeking to entice some victim. Then the narrative proceeds; the writer returns to what he beheld on the occasion to which he refers.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 7:12 Prostitutes commonly solicited business in public areas such…
7:12 Prostitutes commonly solicited business in public areas such as markets and at every corner of busy streets (e.g., Gen 38:13-16).
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