Proverbs 7:20
He took a bag of money with him; 1 he will return on the day of the full moon.” 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
In Context
19For my husband is not at his house; 1 he has gone on a long journey. 1
21With much talk she turned him; 1 with her smooth lips she misled him. 1
Cross References
Numbers 5:13Then suppose that another man sleeps with her. In that case, she is defiled. Even if her husband does not see it or know about it, and even if no one catches her in the act and there is no one to testify against her,
Proverbs 9:17“Stolen waters are sweet, 1 and bread of secrecy is delicious.” 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 →