Proverbs 9:15
so as to call to those who were passing by the way and continuing on their journey:
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
In Context
14sat at the entrance of her house on a seat, in a high place of the city,
16“Whoever is little, let him turn aside to me.” And to the frenzied, she said,
Cross References
Proverbs 7:13And overtaking the youth, she kisses him, and with a provocative face, she flatters him, saying:
Proverbs 23:27For a loose woman is a deep pit, and a foreign woman is a constricted well.
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 →