Proverbs 7:13
And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent face, flattereth, saying:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
In Context
12Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.
14I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows.
Cross References
Genesis 39:12Now it happened on it certain day, that Joseph went into the house, and was doing some business without any, man with him:
Numbers 25:6And behold one of the children of Israel went in before his brethren to a harlot of Madian, in the sight of Moses, and of all the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle.
Proverbs 9:15To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:
Isaiah 50:7The Lord God is my helper, therefore am I not confounded: therefore have I set my face as a most hard rock, and I know that I shall not be confounded.
Ezekiel 2:6And thou, O son of man, fear not, neither be thou afraid of their words: for thou art among unbelievers and destroyers, and thou dwellest with scorpions. Fear not their words, neither be thou dismayed at their looks: for they are a provoking house.
Ezekiel 16:33Gifts are given to all harlots: but thou hast given hire to all thy lovers, and thou hast given them gifts to come to thee from every side, to commit fornication with thee.
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 →