Proverbs 9:14

sitteth in the doors of her house (or sitteth at the door of her house), on a seat, in an high place of the city;

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

In Context

13A fond woman, and full of cry, and full of unleaveful lusts, and that knoweth nothing utterly, (A loud and foolish woman, full of unlawful lusts, who knoweth utterly nothing,)

15to call men passing by the way, and men going in their journey. (to call to men passing by the way, and to men going on their journey.)

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Cross References

Proverbs 7:10And lo! a woman, made ready with (the) ornament of an whore to deceive souls, meeteth him,

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 →

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