Proverbs 7:8
That young man passed down the street near her corner, 1 and he went toward her house. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
In Context
7I looked at the naive people, 1 and I noticed among the young men 1 a youth who had no sense. 1
9It was twilight, in the evening of the day, 1 at the time of night and darkness. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2So it came about one evening that David got up from his bed and walked on the roof of his palace. From there he happened to see a woman who was bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far away from her 1 and do not come near the door of her house. 1
1 Corinthians 6:18Run away from sexual immorality! Every other sin that a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
Jude 1:23Save others by snatching them out of the fire. To others be merciful with fear. Hate even the garment stained by the flesh.
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 →