Proverbs 9:15
calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
In Context
14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
16“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
Cross References
Proverbs 7:13She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
Proverbs 23:27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow 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 →