Proverbs 7:19
For my husband is not in his house. He has gone away on a very long journey.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
In Context
20He took with him a bag of money. He will return to his house on the day of the full moon.”
Cross References
Matthew 20:11And upon receiving it, they murmured against the father of the family,
Matthew 24:48But if that evil servant has said in his heart, ‘My lord has been delayed in returning,’
Luke 12:39But know this: that if the father of the family knew at what hour the thief would arrive, he would certainly stand watch, and he would not permit his house to be broken into.
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 →