Proverbs 9:14

They sit at the doors of their houses or they sit on the top of the hills in the town,

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

In Context

13Foolish women talk loudly; they are ignorant and are never ashamed of the wrong things that they do.

15and they call out to the men who are passing by, who are trying to be concerned with their own affairs,

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Cross References

Proverbs 7:10Suddenly the woman came out to see/meet him. She was dressed ◄seductively/like a prostitute►, wanting to persuade him to sleep with her.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:14-18

The Invitation of Folly. 13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15 To call passengers who go right on their ways: 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. We have heard what… Read the whole commentary →

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