Proverbs 9:15
She is calling out to those who pass by in the streets, 1 to people walking straight on their way. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
In Context
14She sits at the door of her house, 1 on a seat in the highest places of the town. 1
16“Let anyone who is naive turn aside here,” 1 she says to those who have no sense. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 7:13So she grabbed him and kissed him, 1 with a strong face she said to him, 1
Proverbs 23:27For a prostitute is a deep pit, 1 and an immoral woman is a narrow well. 1
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 →