Proverbs 7:6

For at the chalon (window) of my bais 1 I looked through my lattice, 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5That they may be shomer over thee and keep thee from the zarah, 1 from the nokhriyah with her smooth words. 1

7And beheld among the simple ones, 1 I discerned among the banim, 1 a na'ar (young man) devoid of lev, + 7:7 of understanding, sense 1

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Cross References

Genesis 26:8And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Avimelech Melech Pelishtim (Philistines) looked out at a chalon, and saw, and, hinei, Yitzchak metzachek (was caressing) Rivkah his isha.

2 Samuel 6:16And as the Aron Hashem came into Ir Dovid, Michal Bat Sha'ul looked through a chalon (window), and saw Dovid HaMelech leaping and dancing before Hashem; and she despised him in her lev.

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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