Proverbs 7:8
He was walking down the street near the corner where she lived and took the road passing her house.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
In Context
7and I saw among the immature young men one who had no sense at all.
9It was at dusk in the evening, as the light was fading and the dark night closed in.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2Late one afternoon, David got up from taking a nap and was walking on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
Proverbs 5:8Stay far away from her! Don't go near the door of her house!
1 Corinthians 6:18Stay away from sexual immorality! All other sins that people commit are outside of the body, but sexual immorality is a sin against your own body.
Jude 1:23Save those you can by snatching them out of the fire. Show mercy—but with great care, hating even the “clothing” that is contaminated by sinful human nature.
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 →