Proverbs 9:15
Crying out to those who go by, going straight on their way, she says:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
In Context
14Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town,
16Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:
Cross References
Proverbs 7:13So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:
Proverbs 23:27For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.
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 →