Proverbs 7:8
Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house;
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
In Context
7And I beheld 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 blackness of night and the darkness.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2And it came to pass at eventide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
1 Corinthians 6:18Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
Jude 1:23and some save, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the garment spotted 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 →