Proverbs 7:7
And I beheld among the thoughtless ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
In Context
6For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice;
8Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house;
Cross References
Psalms 19:7(19-8) The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Proverbs 1:4To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion;
Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the thoughtless shall slay them, and the confidence of fools shall destroy them.
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
Proverbs 8:5O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Proverbs 9:16'Whoso is thoughtless, let him turn in hither'; and as for him that lacketh understanding, she saith to him:
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 →