Proverbs 7:10
And, lo, a woman to meet him — (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
In Context
9In the twilight — in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.
11Noisy she [is], and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.
Cross References
Genesis 38:14and she turneth aside the garments of her widowhood from off her, and covereth herself with a vail, and wrappeth herself up, and sitteth in the opening of Enayim, which [is] by the way to Timnath, for she hath seen that Shelah hath grown up, and she hath not been given to him for a wife.
2 Kings 9:22And it cometh to pass, at Jehoram's seeing Jehu, that he saith, 'Is there peace, Jehu?' and he saith, 'What [is] the peace, while the whoredoms of Jezebel thy mother, and her witchcrafts, are many?'
Proverbs 23:28She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.
Isaiah 23:16Take a harp, go round the city, O forgotten harlot, play well, Multiply song that thou mayest be remembered.
2 Corinthians 11:2for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ,
Revelation 17:3and he carried me away to a wilderness in the Spirit, and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-coloured beast, full of names of evil-speaking, having seven heads and ten horns,
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 →