Proverbs 7:8
Passing through the street near her corner; 1 and he went on the derech to her bais, 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
In Context
9In the twilight, at erev, 1 in the black and dark lailah; 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2And it came to pass at haerev, that Dovid arose from off his mishkav (bed), and walked upon the gag of the Bais HaMelech; and from the gag (roof) he saw an isha bathing; and the isha was very good to look upon.
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy derech far from her, 1 and come not near the petach (doorway) of her bais; 1
1 Corinthians 6:18Flee zenut! + 6:18 Prov 6:23—7:27 “Every chet is outside the body,” [you say]. But the one guilty of zenut commits chet against the body itself.
Jude 1:23On others, have rachamim mixed with yires-hakoved, hating even the undergarment defiled by corrupt human nature.
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 →