Proverbs 7:8
Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he doth step,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
In Context
7And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,
9In the twilight — in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2and it cometh to pass, at evening-time, that David riseth from off his couch, and walketh up and down on the roof of the king's house, and seeth from the roof a woman bathing, and the woman [is] of very good appearance,
Proverbs 5:8Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,
1 Corinthians 6:18flee the whoredom; every sin — whatever a man may commit — is without the body, and he who is committing whoredom, against his own body doth sin.
Jude 1:23and some in fear save ye, out of the fire snatching, hating even the coat from the flesh spotted.
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 →