Proverbs 9:16
“Let anyone who is naive turn aside here,” 1 she says to those who have no sense. 1
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In Context
15She is calling out to those who pass by in the streets, 1 to people walking straight on their way. 1
17“Stolen waters are sweet, 1 and bread of secrecy is delicious.” 1
Cross References
Proverbs 9:4“Who is naive? Let him turn aside here!” 1 To the one lacking good sense she speaks. 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 →