Proverbs 9:15

to call to those who pass by, who go right on their ways:

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

To call passengers who go right on their ways:

In Context

14And she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

16He who is simple, let him turn in here. And as for him who is void of understanding, she says to him,

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Cross References

Proverbs 7:13So she caught him, and kissed him. With an impudent face she said to him,

Proverbs 23:27For a harlot is a deep ditch, and an interloping woman is a narrow pit.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:14-18

The Invitation of Folly. 13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15 To call passengers who go right on their ways: 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. We have heard what… Read the whole commentary →

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