So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him:
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Passages linked to Proverbs 7:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 39:12 She caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me!” He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.
- Numbers 25:6-8 Behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of Meeting. When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the middle of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand. He went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stopped among the children of Israel.
- Genesis 39:7 After these things, his master’s wife set her eyes on Joseph; and she said, “Lie with me.”
- Numbers 25:1 Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab;
- Numbers 31:16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Yahweh.
- Proverbs 21:29 A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
- Isaiah 50:7 For the Lord Yahweh will help me. Therefore I have not been confounded. Therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I won’t be disappointed.
- Ezekiel 2:4 The children are impudent and stiff-hearted. I am sending you to them, and you shall tell them, ‘This is what the Lord Yahweh says.’
- Ezekiel 2:6 You, son of man, don’t be afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you dwell among scorpions. Don’t be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 3:7-9 But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted. Behold, I have made your face hard against their faces, and your forehead hard against their foreheads. I have made your forehead as a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”
- Ezekiel 16:33 People give gifts to all prostitutes; but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and bribe them, that they may come to you on every side for your prostitution.
- Revelation 2:20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, she strengthened her face.
Hebrew, she strengthened her face.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him,…
Pro 7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said unto him,
Ver. 13. So she caught him, and kissed him.] Strange impudence in this "strange woman," who hath not her name for nought. Potiphar’s wife was such a beast; so was Messalina the empress, wife to Claudius, Joan, queen of Naples, and other prodigious strumpets, of the kind of those whom they call Borboritae. We have heard, saith a grave divine, {a} of virgins, which at first seemed modest, blushing at the motions of an honest love; who being once corrupted and debauched, have grown flexible to easy entreaties to unchastity; and from thence boldly lascivious so as to solicit others, so as to prostitute themselves to all comers; yea, as our casuists {b} complain of some Spanish stews, to an unnatural filthiness.
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{a} Dr Hall.
{b} Martin. Vivald., in Candelabro. cap. de Confes.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I have peace offerings with me,.... Meaning at her…
I have peace offerings with me,.... Meaning at her house. These peace offerings were of the eucharistic kind; they were offered by way of thanksgiving for favours received; the greatest part of which, all excepting the fat on the kidneys, the rump of the sheep, the breast and right shoulder, which were the priest's, were returned to the offerers to feast upon with their friends, and were to be eaten the same day, Lev 7:11. This she said to show that she was no common strumpet, or that prostituted herself for gain; that she was a sufficient housewife, had a considerable affluence of life, her substance greatly increased, for which she had made her thank offering that day; that she wanted nothing of him but his company, and the enjoyment of him; and that she had good cheer to regale him with. She was properly "a holy" religious harlot, as the word sometimes signifies; and such is the church of Rome, which makes great pretensions to devotion and religion, yet is the mother of harlots, and abominations of the earth, Rev 17:5;
this day have I paid my vows; not on account of the young man, and for his health, and for meeting with him; for those vows were not now made to be paid, but were made and paid already: but her vows of peace offerings and thanksgivings, which, as she had promised, she had performed. Under this point may be reckoned the vows of virginity and celibacy, through a show of which the most shocking iniquities are committed by the members of the church of Rome.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 13. So she caught him] Laid fast hold…
Verse 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.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain The preparations for a feast do not necessarily imply…
The preparations for a feast do not necessarily imply peculiar religious professions. The offerer retained part of the victim for a feast (Lev 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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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 13. Impudent face — Literally, made strong her face;…
13. Impudent face — Literally, made strong her face; put on a bold, familiar air.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. with an impudent face] An excellent translation (Lit.…
13. 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.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain So she caught him and kissed him; being utterly…
So she caught him and kissed him; being utterly lost to shame, like Potiphar"s wife. (Gen_39:12) With an impudent face said; literally, strengthened her face and said; put on a bold and brazen look to suit, the licentious words which she spoke. Wordsworth quotes the delineation of the "strange woman" drawn by St. Ambrose ("De Cain. et Abel.," 1:4): "Domi inquieta, in plateis vaga, osculis prodiga, pudore villis, amictu dives, genas picta; meretricio procax motu, infracto per delicias incessu, nutantibus oculis, et ludentibus jaculans palpebris retia, quibus pretiosas animus juveuum capit."
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 the woman who was introduced in Proverbs 7:10
she
the woman who was introduced in Proverbs 7:10
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grabbed him
"took hold of him firmly"
with a strong face
Here "strong" represents "stubborn." A "strong face" means a stubborn expression on a person's face. This implies that the woman is acting in a stubborn way, that she is deliberately doing what she knows is wrong. AT: "with a shameless expression on her face" (See: Idiom and Metonymy)
I paid my vows
Here "vows" represents what the person promised to sacrifice to God. AT: "I made the sacrifices I promised to God" (See: Metonymy)
seek your face
Here "face" represents the person and especially the person's presence. AT: "look for you" or "find out where you are" (See: Synecdoche)
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peace offering
vow
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