Proverbs 7:6

For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding,

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

In Context

5that she may keep you from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail you with flattering words.

7passing by the corner in the passages + 7:7 Gr. of. near her house,

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Cross References

Genesis 26:8And he remained there a long time, and Abimelech the king of Gerara leaned to look through the window, and saw Isaac sporting with Rebecca his wife.

2 Samuel 6:16And it came to pass as the ark arrived at the city of David, that Melchol the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw king David dancing and playing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:2-6

The Word of God Recommended. 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. These verses are an introduction to his warning against fleshly lusts, much the same with that, ch. vi.… Read the whole commentary →

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