Proverbs 7:7
passing by the corner in the passages + 7:7 Gr. of. near her house,
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
In Context
8and speaking, in the dark of the evening,
Cross References
Psalms 19:7Some glory in chariots, and some in horses: but we will + 19:7 Gr. be magnified. glory in the name of the Lord our God. 1
Proverbs 1:4that he might give subtlety to the simple, and to the young man + 1:4 Or, discretion. discernment and understanding.
Proverbs 1:32For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.
Proverbs 6:20My son, keep the laws of your father, and reject not the ordinances of your mother:
Proverbs 8:5O you⌃ simple, + 8:5 For the use of ἄκατος and πανοῦργος in this book, see Proverbs 8. 5 — It is frequently the case in Proverbs that ἄκατος is used in a bad sense, and πανοῦργος in a good one. For ἄκατος see chap 1. 4, 22; 8. 5; 14. 15; 21:11 For πανοῦργος, 12. 16; 13. 1, 16; 14. 8, 15, 18; 15. 5; 21. 11; 22. 3; 27. 12; 28:2. understand subtlety, and you⌃ that are untaught, imbibe knowledge.
Proverbs 9:16saying, Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that lack prudence, saying,
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 →