Proverbs 7:12

Now she is in the streets, now in the squares, 2 and lurking at every corner. 1

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Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

In Context

11She is loud and defiant. 2 Her feet don’t stay in her house. 1

13So she caught him, and kissed him. 2 With an impudent face she said to him: 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 7:8passing through the street near her corner, 2 he went the way to her house, 1

Proverbs 23:28Yes, she lies in wait like a robber, 2 and increases the unfaithful among men. 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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