Proverbs 7:7
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
King James Version
In Context
6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
Cross References
Psalms 19:7The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Proverbs 1:4To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
Proverbs 1:32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
Proverbs 8:5O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Proverbs 9:16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth 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 →