Proverbs 7:12
Nowe is she without, nowe in the streates, and lyeth in wayte at euery corner.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
In Context
11She was full of loude wordes and redye to dallie, whose feete coulde not abide in the house:
13She caught hym and kissed him, and was not ashamed, saying:
Cross References
Proverbs 7:8Goyng ouer the streate by the corner in the way towarde her house
Proverbs 23:28She lyeth in wayte as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours amongst men.
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 →