Proverbs 7:7

Passing by the corner in the passages near her house, 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, 1 At one whom she may see of the senseless ones, 1 A young man void of understanding, 1

8And speaking, in the dark of the evening, 1

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Cross References

Psalms 19:7Now I know that the Lord has saved his Christ: 1 He shall hear him from his holy heaven: 1 The salvation of his right hand is mighty. 1

Proverbs 1:4That he might give subtlety to the simple, 1 And to the young man discernment and understanding. 1

Proverbs 1:32For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; 1 And an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly. 1

Proverbs 6:20My son, keep the laws of thy father, 1 And reject not the ordinances of thy mother: 1

Proverbs 8:5O ye simple, understand subtlety, 1 And ye that are untaught, imbibe knowledge. 1

Proverbs 9:16saying, 1 Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; 1 And I exhort those that want prudence, saying, 1

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 →

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