Proverbs 9:15
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
In Context
14For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
16Whoso is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that wants understanding, she says to him,
Cross References
Proverbs 7:13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an shameless face said unto him,
Proverbs 23:27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
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 →