Proverbs 7:8
Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the way of her house.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
In Context
7And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man,
9In the dark, when it grows late, in the darkness and obscurity of the night,
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2In the mean time it happened that David arose from his bed after noon, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and he saw from the roof of his house a woman washing herself, over against him: and the woman was very beautiful.
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house.
1 Corinthians 6:18Fly fornication. Every sin that a man doth, is without the body; but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his own body.
Jude 1:23But others save, pulling them out of the fire. And on others have mercy, in fear, hating also the spotted garment which is carnal.
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 →