Proverbs 7:8
passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
In Context
7I saw among the simple ones. I discerned among the youths a young man void of understanding,
9in the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the middle of the night and in the darkness.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
Proverbs 5:8Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,
1 Corinthians 6:18Flee sexual immorality! “Every sin that a man does is outside the body,” but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body.
Jude 1:23and some save, snatching them out of the fire with fear, hating even the clothing 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 →