Proverbs 7:8
Passing on in the street, near her corner, || And the way [to] her house he steps,
Literal Standard 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 see among the simple ones, || I discern among the sons, || A young man lacking understanding,
9In the twilight—in the evening of day, || In the darkness of night and blackness.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2And it comes to pass, at evening-time, that David rises from off his bed, and walks up and down on the roof of the king’s house, and sees a woman bathing from the roof, and the woman [is] of very good appearance,
Proverbs 5:8Keep your way far from off her, || And do not come near to the opening of her house,
1 Corinthians 6:18flee the whoredom; every sin—whatever a man may commit—is outside the body, and he who is committing whoredom sins against his own body.
Jude 1:23and rescue others by snatching [them] out of fire; but show mercy to others in fear, hating even the coat having been stained from the flesh.
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 →