Proverbs 7:6

For I look out of the window of my house through the lattice,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

In Context

5That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words.

7And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man,

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Cross References

Genesis 26:8And when very many days were passed, and he abode there, Abimelech king of the Palestines looking out through a window, saw him playing with Rebecca his wife.

2 Samuel 6:16And when the ark of the Lord was come into the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window, saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord: and she despised him in her heart.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:2-6

The Word of God Recommended. 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. These verses are an introduction to his warning against fleshly lusts, much the same with that, ch. vi.… Read the whole commentary →

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