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Proverbs 7:1-27 open_in_new
The Bad Woman
A picture drawn from life of the enticing of a young man by a wicked woman.
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Proverbs 7:2 open_in_new
The apple] lit. 'the little man' of the eye, so called because an image is reflected from the pupil of the eye. It is a figure for the most precious and delicate things (Deuteronomy 32:10; Psalms 17:8).
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Proverbs 7:3 open_in_new
The Jews wear a long leather band twisted round the arm and fingers during prayer. Passages of Scripture written on parchment and enclosed in a small leather box are at the same time worn on the forehead.
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Proverbs 7:4 open_in_new
My sister] the title by which bride and wife are addressed (Song of Solomon 4:9).
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Proverbs 7:6 open_in_new
The window is the opening; the casement is the lattice-work filling it, looking through which one may see and remain unseen.
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Proverbs 7:9 open_in_new
Twilight ends suddenly, and is followed by dense darkness.
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Proverbs 7:11 open_in_new
Stubborn] or 'wilful'; an epithet applied to an unruly beast which has shaken off the yoke (Hosea 4:16).
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Proverbs 7:14 open_in_new
Leviticus 7:16-18 shows that such sacrifices were followed by a feast: the blood and the fat of the intestines were offered to God; the rest of the animal was consumed by the offerer, his family and guests. The woman is therefore inviting to a sumptuous feast.
19, 20. The husband is a merchant, who is absent on a long journey, as is evident from his having taken with him his purse. He will not be home till the 'full moon' (RV).
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Proverbs 7:26 open_in_new
Read, 'Yea, many are those she has slain.'
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Proverbs 7:27 open_in_new
The chambers of death are the many diverse receptacles supposed to be in the under-world: cp. John 14:2.