passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
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passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
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Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
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Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house;
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Passages linked to Proverbs 7:8 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 16:1 Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.
- 2 Samuel 11:2-3 At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at. David sent and inquired after the woman. One said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, Uriah the Hittite’s wife?”
- Proverbs 4:14-15 Don’t enter into the path of the wicked. Don’t walk in the way of evil men. Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
- Proverbs 5:8 Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,
- Proverbs 7:12 Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, and lurking at every corner.
- 1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
- 2 Timothy 2:22 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
- Jude 1:23 and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 7:8 Passing through the street near her corner;…
Pro 7:8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
Ver. 8. Near her corner.] Which he should have balked, according to Pro 5:8. {See Trapp on "Pro 5:8"} Men’s own inconsideration, security, and dallying with the beginnings of sin, or with the occasion, doth usually tempt the devil to tempt them; and he feeling their pulse thereby which way it beats, fits them a penny worth, provides them of mates, sets one Delilah or other to bind them, as she did Samson, with the green withes of fleshly pleasure. But let a man divorce the flesh from the world, and the devil can do him no harm.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Passing through the street; idle and careless.
Passing through the street; idle and careless.
Near her corner; near the corner of the street in which her house stood; such places being most convenient for that wicked purpose, as giving opportunity either for the discovery of passengers in several streets, or for the escape of such as might be in danger of being taken in her house. Compare Pro 7:12.
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He went the way to her house; not with intention to act gross filthiness with her, as may be gathered from the following passages, but to gratify his curiosity, and to understand the manner of such persons, and to please himself with the sight of her, or discourse of her.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Passing through the street near her corner,.... The house…
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, Pro 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 to commit fornication, yet to gratify his lusts by looks, dalliances, and impure discourse with her; and hither he went in a set, stately manner, as the word (f) signifies; with an air pleasing to the harlot, as a beau and fop of the town; and by which air and gait he was known by her to be a proper person to attack.
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(f) "intelligitur incessus, compositus et pomposus", Piscator; "magnis et patheticis possibus", Michaelis; "est aliquid grande et audax in verbo", Schultens.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Passing - Idle and careless, near the corner of…
Passing - Idle and careless, near the corner of the street in which her house stood.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 8. He went the way to her house.]…
Verse 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.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain her corner--where she was usually found.
her corner--where she was usually found.
went . . . house--implying, perhaps, confidence in himself by his manner, as denoted in the word
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went--literally, "tread pompously."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 8. Street — “Back street.” — Miller.
8. Street — “Back street.” — Miller.
Near her corner — Where she dwelt. Zockler, “near a corner.”
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To (or, toward) her house — He was sauntering along towards her house.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (8) And he went the way . . .—The…
(8) And he went the way . . .—The word is used of the slow step of a religious procession (2Sa_6:13), here of the sauntering of the idle youth up and down the street within view of the temptress’s house.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Near her corner. He kept near the corner of…
Near her corner. He kept near the corner of the house of the woman for whom he waited. Another reading gives, "near a corner;" juxta angulum. Vulgate; para gwnian , Septuagint; i.e. he did not take to the broad, open street, but sneaked about at corners, whence he could watch the woman"s house without being observed by others. He went the way to her house. He sauntered slowly along, as the verb signifies. Septuagint, "Passing by a corner in the passages of her house (en diodoiv oikwn authv )."
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain He went the way to her house.
Pro_7:8
He went the way to her house.
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Occasions of sin
I. Many occasions of sin present themselves unlooked for.
1. All places afford temptations.
2. All times have theirs.
3. All things afford it.
4. So do all conditions, all actions, and all persons.
Therefore we need to keep a constant watch, since we are not secure in any place, time, or condition. Then suspect all things with a holy suspicion.
II. It is dangerous coming near bad houses.
1. Much danger may come from within.
2. Much danger from without; for ruffians and quarrellers haunt such places.
3. Judgment may be feared from heaven.
III. Idleness is the nurse of wantonness.
1. Because nature is corrupt, and of all sins most inclines to wantonness.
2. The soul is very active both in our waking and sleeping, and if it move us not to good it will move us to bad actions.
3. Because labour removes the rubs in the way of wantonness. Spiritual duties and labour in our vocation take the heart, eyes, and ears off from wanton objects. The heart set at liberty by idleness falls upon them with greediness.
4. Gods judgment follows idleness to give such over to wantonness. Take heed of idleness. Many think it either no sin or a light one. (Francis Taylor, B. D.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 her corner
her corner
Here "her" refers to any female stranger, as referred to in Proverbs 07:05. She was standing at a certain corner, waiting for a suitable man to pass by. AT: "the corner where a female stranger was standing"
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corner
This refers to where two roads meet.
twilight
the time of day when it is getting darker and about to become night
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