Proverbs 9:15
To call to those passing by the way, || Who are going straight [on] their paths.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
In Context
14And she has sat at the opening of her house, || On a throne—the high places of the city,
16“Who [is] simple? Let him turn aside here.” And whoever lacks heart—she said to him,
Cross References
Proverbs 7:13And she laid hold on him and kissed him, || She has hardened her face and says to him,
Proverbs 23:27For a harlot [is] a deep ditch, || And a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.
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 →