Proverbs 7:9

in dark time, when the day draweth to night, in the darkness and mist in the night.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

In Context

8that passeth by the streets, beside the corner, (or who passeth along the street, beside the corner); and he goeth nigh the way of her house,

10And lo! a woman, made ready with (the) ornament of an whore to deceive souls, meeteth him,

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Cross References

Exodus 12:6and ye shall keep him till to the fourteenth day of this month; and all the multitude of the sons of Israel shall offer him at eventide.

Job 24:15The eye of [the] adulterer keepeth darkness, and saith, An eye shall not see me; and he shall cover his face. (The eye of the adulterer waiteth for the darkness, and saith, No eye shall see me; but he shall still cover his face.)

Ephesians 5:11And do not ye commune to unfruiteous works of darknesses; but more rather reprove ye [them]. (And do not share, or take part in, unfruitful works of darkness, but rather, rebuke them.)

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 →

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