Proverbs 7:14
I have a feast of peace-offerings, for today my oaths have been effected.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
In Context
13So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:
15So I came out in the hope of meeting you, looking for you with care, and now I have you.
Cross References
Leviticus 7:11And this is the law for the peace-offerings offered to the Lord.
Deuteronomy 12:6And there you are to take your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up to the Lord, and the offerings of your oaths, and those which you give freely from the impulse of your hearts, and the first births among your herds and your flocks;
1 Kings 21:9And in the letter she said, Let a time of public sorrow be fixed, and put Naboth at the head of the people;
Proverbs 17:1Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and violent behaviour.
Isaiah 1:13Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:7-24
The Foolish Young Man; Enticements of the Adulteress. 6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now… Read the whole commentary →