“ Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. ”
The longest and most elaborate description of the adulteress, the fate of her victim, and the value of wisdom as a safeguard. Proverbs 7:1-5 . General advice to the young man to observe the comm...
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. Neither err in heart (the first clause), nor in movem...
The Bad Woman A picture drawn from life of the enticing of a young man by a wicked woman.
CHAPTER 8 REALISM IN MORAL TEACHING "I looked forth through my lattice; and I beheld." Proverbs 7:6 THE three Chapter s which close the introduction of our book (7-9) present a lively and pict...
This is a second parental exhortation, and consists of a warning against the allurements of the strange woman. A graphic picture of the seduction of a youth void of understanding is given. The woman...
Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many...
Let not thine heart decline to her ways ,.... Or turn not aside from the right way, the path of truth and holiness, to those of the whorish woman, that lead to ruin and destruction; do not so much a...
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. Ver. 25. Let not thine heart. ] Think not of her, lust not after her. Thoughts and affections are sibi mutuo causae. "While I...
Hearken unto me now therefore “This is a true representation, my dear children, of the folly and danger of these lewd courses, in which youth is prone to be engaged; and therefore do not look upon...
The Seduction of a Youth. 24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Le...
Decline to her ways; either to the paths which lead to her house, or to her manner of living.
A Final Appeal Addressed To ‘Sons' Not To Follow Her Because Her Way Is The Way Of Death ( Proverbs 7:24-27 ). This final appeal is addressed, not to ‘my son' but to ‘sons'. He may well be thinkin...
CRITICAL NOTES. Proverbs 7:7 . Simple , “inexperienced.” Proverbs 7:8 . Went , “moved leisurely, sauntered.” Proverbs 7:9 . In the black and dark night , literally, “in the apple,” or “pu...
Proverbs 7:1 . Keep my words lay up my commandments. These terms being of constant occurrence in the didactic scriptures, will be found explained in the beginning of the hundred and nineteenth psa...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 7:1-20 13. Thirteenth admonitory discourse, containing a warning against adultery, treated under a different aspect from previous exhortations, and strengthened by an...
Condemnation of Fornication and Adultery. On account of the terrible devastation wrought by sins of adultery and by every gratification of sexual desires outside of holy wedlock, affecting not onl...
Isaiah 53:6 ; Matthew 5:28 ; Proverbs 23:31-33 ; Proverbs 4:14 ; Proverbs 4:15 ; Proverbs 5:23 ; Proverbs 5:8 ; Proverbs 6:25 ; Psalms 119:176