Proverbs 7:7
I saw among the young men one without sense,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
In Context
6Looking out from my house, and watching through the window,
8Walking in the street near the turn of her road, going on the way to her house,
Cross References
Psalms 19:7\19:6\His going out is from the end of the heaven, and his circle to the ends of it; there is nothing which is not open to his heat.
Proverbs 1:4To make the simple-minded sharp, and to give the young man knowledge, and serious purpose:
Proverbs 1:32For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:
Proverbs 8:5Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.
Proverbs 9:16Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:
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 →