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Proverbs (Mishlei) is the manual of applied wisdom for covenant living. Wisdom in Proverbs is not abstract philosophy but ordered perception of reality — the recognition that creation has a moral grain, that fear of YHWH is the beginning of all true knowledge, and that human flourishing follows the design built into the fabric of things.
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- Primary Witness Text: My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointe...
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Proverbs (Mishlei) is the manual of applied wisdom for covenant living. Wisdom in Proverbs is not abstract philosophy but ordered perception of reality — the recognition that creation has a moral grain, that fear of YHWH is the beginning of all true knowledge, and that human flourishing follows the design built into the fabric of things.
Proverbs 8's personified Wisdom — present at creation, delighting before God — is cited by early Church Fathers as a window into the eternal Son. The book's practical ethics (sexual integrity, speech, work, generosity) embody a worldview in which creation's design is the source of moral instruction.
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Proverbs 7:1
Hebrew
בְּנִי שְׁמֹר אֲמָרָי וּמִצְוֺתַי תִּצְפֹּן אִתָּֽךְ׃veniy-shemor-'amaray-vmitzevtay-titzefon-'itakhe
KJV: My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
AKJV: My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with you.
ASV: My son, keep my words,
YLT: My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.
Exposition: Proverbs 7:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:2
Hebrew
שְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתַי וֶחְיֵה וְתוֹרָתִי כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינֶֽיךָ׃shemor-mitzevtay-vecheyeh-vetvoratiy-khe'iyshvon-'eyneykha
KJV: Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
AKJV: Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of your eye.
ASV: Keep my commandments and live;
YLT: Keep my commands, and live, And my law as the pupil of thine eye.
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Proverbs 7:2
Verse 2 As the apple of thine eye - As the pupil of the eye, which is of such essential necessity to sight, and so easily injured.
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Proverbs 7:2
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Exposition: Proverbs 7:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:3
Hebrew
קָשְׁרֵם עַל־אֶצְבְּעֹתֶיךָ כָּתְבֵם עַל־לוּחַ לִבֶּֽךָ׃qasherem-'al-'etzeve'oteykha-khatevem-'al-lvcha-livekha
KJV: Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
AKJV: Bind them on your fingers, write them on the table of your heart.
ASV: Bind them upon thy fingers;
YLT: Bind them on thy fingers, Write them on the tablet of thy heart.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 7:3Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 7:3
Proverbs 7:3 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Proverbs 7:3
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- Proverbs 7:3
Exposition: Proverbs 7:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:4
Hebrew
אֱמֹר לַֽחָכְמָה אֲחֹתִי אָתְּ וּמֹדָע לַבִּינָה תִקְרָֽא׃'emor-lachakhemah-'achotiy-'ate-vmoda'-laviynah-tiqera'
KJV: Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
AKJV: Say to wisdom, You are my sister; and call understanding your kinswoman:
ASV: Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister;
YLT: Say to wisdom, My sister Thou art .' And cry to understanding, Kinswoman!'
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 7:4Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 7:4
Proverbs 7:4 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Proverbs 7:4
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- Proverbs 7:4
Exposition: Proverbs 7:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:5
Hebrew
לִשְׁמָרְךָ מֵאִשָּׁה זָרָה מִנָּכְרִיָּה אֲמָרֶיהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃lishemarekha-me'ishah-zarah-minakheriyah-'amareyha-hecheliyqah
KJV: That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
AKJV: That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger which flatters with her words. ¶
ASV: That they may keep thee from the strange woman,
YLT: To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 7:5Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 7:5
Proverbs 7:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Proverbs 7:5
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- Proverbs 7:5
Exposition: Proverbs 7:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:6
Hebrew
כִּי בְּחַלּוֹן בֵּיתִי בְּעַד אֶשְׁנַבִּי נִשְׁקָֽפְתִּי׃khiy-vechalvon-veytiy-ve'ad-'eshenaviy-nisheqafetiy
KJV: For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
AKJV: For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
ASV: For at the window of my house
YLT: For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,
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Proverbs 7:6
Verse 6 I looked through my casement - The casement is a small aperture in a large window, or a window opening on hinges. Here it means the lattice, for they had no glass windows in the East. And the latticed windows produced a double advantage 1. Making the apartments sufficiently private; and 2. Admitting fresh air to keep them cool.
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Proverbs 7:6
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- East
Exposition: Proverbs 7:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:7
Hebrew
וָאֵרֶא בַפְּתָאיִם אָבִינָה בַבָּנִים נַעַר חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃va'ere'-vafeta'yim-'aviynah-vavaniym-na'ar-chasar-lev
KJV: And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
AKJV: And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
ASV: And I beheld among the simple ones,
YLT: And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,
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Proverbs 7:7
Verse 7 Among the simple ones - The inexperienced, inconsiderate young men. A young man void of understanding - בעל ראשאהץ חסר לב, "destitute of a heart." He had not wisdom to discern the evil intended; nor courage to resist the flatteries of the seducer.
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Proverbs 7:7
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Exposition: Proverbs 7:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:8
Hebrew
עֹבֵר בַּשּׁוּק אֵצֶל פִּנָּהּ וְדֶרֶךְ בֵּיתָהּ יִצְעָֽד׃'over-vashvq-'etzel-finah-vederekhe-veytah-yitze'ad
KJV: Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
AKJV: Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
ASV: Passing through the street near her corner;
YLT: Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way to her house he doth step,
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Proverbs 7:8
Verse 8 He went the way to her house - She appears to have had a corner house sufficiently remarkable; and a way from the main street to it.
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Proverbs 7:8
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Exposition: Proverbs 7:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:9
Hebrew
בְּנֶֽשֶׁף־בְּעֶרֶב יוֹם בְּאִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה וַאֲפֵלָֽה׃veneshef-ve'erev-yvom-ve'iyshvon-layelah-va'afelah
KJV: In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
AKJV: In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
ASV: In the twilight, in the evening of the day,
YLT: In the twilight--in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.
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Proverbs 7:9
Verse 9 In the twilight, in the evening - Some time after sun-setting; before it was quite dark. In the black and dark night - When there were neither lamps nor moon-shine.
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Proverbs 7:9
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Exposition: Proverbs 7:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:10
Hebrew
וְהִנֵּה אִשָּׁה לִקְרָאתוֹ שִׁית זוֹנָה וּנְצֻרַת לֵֽב׃vehineh-'ishah-liqera'tvo-shiyt-zvonah-vnetzurat-lev
KJV: And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
AKJV: And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtle of heart.
ASV: And, behold, there met him a woman
YLT: And, lo, a woman to meet him--(A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,
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Proverbs 7:10
Verse 10 A woman with the attire of a harlot - It appears that sitting in some open place, and covering the face, or having a veil of a peculiar kind on, was the evidence of a harlot, Gen 38:14, Gen 38:15-19. No doubt, in Solomon's time, they had other distinctions. In all other countries, and in all times. the show of their countenance did testify against them; they declared their sin as Sodom; they hid it not. However, this does not seem to have been a mere prostitute; for she was, according to her own declaration, a married woman, and kept house, Pro 7:19, if her assertions relative to this were not falsehoods, and calculated the better to render him secure, and prevent the suspicion of endangering himself by cohabiting with a common woman; which I am rather inclined to think was the case, for she was subtle of heart.
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- Gen 38:14
- Gen 38:15-19
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Sodom
- However
Exposition: Proverbs 7:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:11
Hebrew
הֹמִיָּה הִיא וְסֹרָרֶת בְּבֵיתָהּ לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנוּ רַגְלֶֽיהָ׃homiyah-hiy'-vesoraret-veveytah-lo'-yishekhenv-rageleyha
KJV: (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
AKJV: (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
ASV: (She is clamorous and wilful;
YLT: Noisy she is , and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.
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Proverbs 7:11
Verse 11 She is loud and stubborn - המיה homiyah, she is never at rest, always agitated; busily employed to gain her end, and this is to go into the path of error: סררת sorereth, "turning aside;" preferring any way to the right way. And, therefore, it is added, her feet abide not in her house, she gads abroad; and this disposition probably first led her to this vice.
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Proverbs 7:11
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- And
Exposition: Proverbs 7:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: '(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:12
Hebrew
פַּעַם ׀ בַּחוּץ פַּעַם בָּרְחֹבוֹת וְאֵצֶל כָּל־פִּנָּה תֶאֱרֹֽב׃fa'am- -vachvtz-fa'am-varechovvot-ve'etzel-khal-finah-te'erov
KJV: Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
AKJV: Now is she without, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.)
ASV: Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places,
YLT: Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --
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Proverbs 7:12
Verse 12 Now is she without - She is continually exposing herself, and showing by her gait and gestures what she is, and what she wants. These two verses are a parenthesis, intended to show the character of the woman.
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Proverbs 7:12
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Exposition: Proverbs 7:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:13
Hebrew
וְהֶחֱזִיקָה בּוֹ וְנָשְׁקָה־לּוֹ הֵעֵזָה פָנֶיהָ וַתֹּאמַר לֽוֹ׃vehecheziyqah-vvo-venasheqah-lvo-he'ezah-faneyha-vato'mar-lvo
KJV: So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
AKJV: So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him,
ASV: So she caught him, and kissed him,
YLT: And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,
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Verse 13 So she caught him - Laid fast hold on him, and kissed him, to show that she was affectionately attached to him. And with an impudent face - העזה פניה heezzah paneyha, "she strengthened her countenance," assumed the most confident look she could; endeavored to appear friendly and sincere.
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Exposition: Proverbs 7:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:14
Hebrew
זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים עָלָי הַיּוֹם שִׁלַּמְתִּי נְדָרָֽי׃zivechey-shelamiym-'alay-hayvom-shilametiy-nedaray
KJV: I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
AKJV: I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.
ASV: Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me;
YLT: `Sacrifices of peace-offerings are by me, To-day I have completed my vows.
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Verse 14 I have peace-offerings with me - More literally, "the sacrifices of the peace-offerings are with me." Peace-offerings Mymlv shelamim, were offerings the spiritual design of which was to make peace between God and man, to make up the breach between them which sin had occasioned; see the notes on Leviticus 7 (note), where every kind of sacrifice offered under the law is explained. When the blood of these was poured out at the altar, and the fat burnt there, the breast and right shoulder were the priest's portion; but the rest of the carcass belonged to the sacrificer, who might carry it home, and make a feast to his friends. See Lev 3:1-11. Much light is cast on this place by the fact that the gods in many parts of the East are actually worshipped in brothels, and fragments of the offerings are divided among the wretches who fall into the snare of the prostitutes - Ward's Customs. Have I payed my vows - She seems to insinuate that she had made a vow for the health and safety of this young man; and having done so, and prepared the sacrificial banquet, came actually out to seek him, that he might partake of it with her, Pro 7:15. But, as she intended to proceed farther than mere friendship, she was obliged to avail herself of the night season, and the absence of her husband.
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- Lev 3:1-11
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- Customs
- But
Exposition: Proverbs 7:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:15
Hebrew
עַל־כֵּן יָצָאתִי לִקְרָאתֶךָ לְשַׁחֵר פָּנֶיךָ וָאֶמְצָאֶֽךָּ׃'al-khen-yatza'tiy-liqera'tekha-leshacher-faneykha-va'emetza'ekha
KJV: Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
AKJV: Therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.
ASV: Therefore came I forth to meet thee,
YLT: Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee.
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Proverbs 7:15 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Proverbs 7:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:16
Hebrew
מַרְבַדִּים רָבַדְתִּי עַרְשִׂי חֲטֻבוֹת אֵטוּן מִצְרָֽיִם׃marevadiym-ravadetiy-'areshiy-chatuvvot-'etvn-mitzerayim
KJV: I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
AKJV: I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
ASV: I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry,
YLT: With ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works--cotton of Egypt.
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Verse 16 I have decked my bed - ערשי arsi, "my couch or sofa;" distinguished from משכבי mishcabi, "my bed," Pro 7:17, the place to sleep on, as the other was the place to recline on at meals. The tapestry, מרבדים marbaddim, mentioned here seems to refer to the covering of the sofa; exquisitely woven and figured cloth. חטבות אטון chatuboth etun, the Targum translates painted carpets, such as were manufactured in Egypt; some kind of embroidered or embossed stuff is apparently meant.
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Exposition: Proverbs 7:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:17
Hebrew
נַפְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִי מֹר אֲהָלִים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן׃nafetiy-mishekhaviy-mor-'ahaliym-veqinamvon
KJV: I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
AKJV: I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
ASV: I have perfumed my bed
YLT: I sprinkled my bed--myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
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Verse 17 I have perfumed any bed with Myrrh - מר mor, "aloes," אהלים ahalim, and "cinnamon," קנמון kinnamon. We have taken our names from the original words; but probably the ahalim may not mean aloes, which is no perfume; but sandal wood, which is very much used in the East. She had used every means to excite the passions she wished to bring into action.
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Exposition: Proverbs 7:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:18
Hebrew
לְכָה נִרְוֶה דֹדִים עַד־הַבֹּקֶר נִתְעַלְּסָה בָּאֳהָבִֽים׃lekhah-nireveh-dodiym-'ad-havoqer-nite'alesah-va'ohaviym
KJV: Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
AKJV: Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
ASV: Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning;
YLT: Come, we are filled with loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves.
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Verse 18 Come, let us take our fill of love - נרוה דדים nirveh dodim, "Let us revel in the breasts;" and then it is added, "Let us solace ourselves with loves," נתעלסה באהבים nithallesah boohabim; "let us gratify each other with loves, with the utmost delights." This does not half express the original; but I forbear. The speech shows the brazen face of this woman, well translated by the Vulgate, "Veni, inebriemur uberibus; et fruamur cupidinis amplexibus." And the Septuagint has expressed the spirit of it: Ελθε, και απολαυσωμεν φιλιας - δευρο, και εγκυλισθωμεν ερωτι. "Veni, et fruamur amicitia - Veni, et colluctemur cupidine." Though varied in the words, all the versions have expressed the same thing. In the old MS. Bible, the speech of this woman is as follows: I have arrayed with cordis my litil bed, and spred with peyntid tapetis of Egipt: I have springid my ligginge place with mirre and aloes and calelcum, and be we inwardly drunken with Tetis, and use we the coveytied clippingis to the tyme that the dai wax light. The original itself is too gross to be literally translated; but quite in character as coming from the mouth of an abandoned woman.
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Exposition: Proverbs 7:18 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:19
Hebrew
כִּי אֵין הָאִישׁ בְּבֵיתוֹ הָלַךְ בְּדֶרֶךְ מֵרָחֽוֹק׃khiy-'eyn-ha'iysh-veveytvo-halakhe-vederekhe-merachvoq
KJV: For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
AKJV: For the manager is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
ASV: For the man is not at home;
YLT: For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey.
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Proverbs 7:19 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Proverbs 7:19
Exposition: Proverbs 7:19 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:20
Hebrew
צְֽרוֹר־הַכֶּסֶף לָקַח בְּיָדוֹ לְיוֹם הַכֵּסֶא יָבֹא בֵיתֽוֹ׃tzervor-hakhesef-laqach-veyadvo-leyvom-hakhese'-yavo'-veytvo
KJV: He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
AKJV: He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
ASV: He hath taken a bag of money with him;
YLT: A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.'
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Verse 20 He hath taken - Literally, "The money bag he hath taken in his hand." He is gone a journey of itinerant merchandising. This seems to be what is intended. And will come home at the day appointed - ליום הכסא leyom hakkase, the time fixed for a return from such a journey. The Vulgate says, "at the full moon." The Targum, "the day of the assembly." In other words, He will return by the approaching festival.
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- Vulgate
- Targum
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- The Targum
Exposition: Proverbs 7:20 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:21
Hebrew
הִטַּתּוּ בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ תַּדִּיחֶֽנּוּ׃hitatv-verov-liqechah-vecheleq-shefateyha-tadiychenv
KJV: With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
AKJV: With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
ASV: With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield;
YLT: She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.
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Verse 21 With her much fair speech - With her blandishments and lascivious talk, she overcame all his scruples, and constrained him to yield.
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Exposition: Proverbs 7:21 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:22
Hebrew
הוֹלֵךְ אַחֲרֶיהָ פִּתְאֹם כְּשׁוֹר אֶל־טָבַח יָבוֹא וּכְעֶכֶס אֶל־מוּסַר אֱוֽ͏ִיל׃hvolekhe-'achareyha-fite'om-kheshvor-'el-tavach-yavvo'-vkhe'ekhes-'el-mvsar-'eviyl
KJV: He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
AKJV: He goes after her straightway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
ASV: He goeth after her straightway,
YLT: He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,
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Verse 22 As an ox goeth to the slaughter - The original of this and the following verse has been variously translated. Dr. Grey corrects and translates thus: "He goeth after her straightway, as an Ox goeth to the Slaughter; as a Dog to the Chain; and as a Deer till the Dart strike through his liver; as a Bird hasteneth to the Snare, and knoweth not that it is for its life." Very slight alterations in the Hebrew text produce these differences; but it is not necessary to pursue them; all serve to mark the stupidity and folly of the man who is led away by enticing women or who lives a life of intemperance.
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- Dr
- Slaughter
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Exposition: Proverbs 7:22 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:23
Hebrew
עַד יְפַלַּח חֵץ כְּֽבֵדוֹ כְּמַהֵר צִפּוֹר אֶל־פָּח וְלֹֽא־יָדַע כִּֽי־בְנַפְשׁוֹ הֽוּא׃'ad-yefalach-chetz-khevedvo-khemaher-tzifvor-'el-fach-velo'-yada'-khiy-venafeshvo-hv'
KJV: Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
AKJV: Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life. ¶
ASV: Till an arrow strike through his liver;
YLT: Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it is for its life.
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Proverbs 7:23 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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- Proverbs 7:23
Exposition: Proverbs 7:23 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:24
Hebrew
וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ־לִי וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לְאִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃ve'atah-vaniym-shime'v-liy-vehaqeshiyvv-le'imerey-fiy
KJV: Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
AKJV: Listen to me now therefore, O you children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
ASV: Now therefore, mysons, hearken unto me,
YLT: And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
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Verse 24 Hearken unto me now, therefore, O ye children - Ye that are young and inexperienced, seriously consider the example set before your eyes, and take warning at another's expense.
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Exposition: Proverbs 7:24 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:25
Hebrew
אַל־יֵשְׂטְ אֶל־דְּרָכֶיהָ לִבֶּךָ אַל־תֵּתַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃'al-yeshete-'el-derakheyha-livekha-'al-teta'-vinetiyvvoteyha
KJV: Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
AKJV: Let not your heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
ASV: Let not thy heart decline to her ways;
YLT: Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,
Commentary Witness (Generated)Proverbs 7:25Generated editorial synthesis
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Proverbs 7:25
Proverbs 7:25 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Proverbs 7:25
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Proverbs 7:25
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Ray
Exposition: Proverbs 7:25 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:26
Hebrew
כִּֽי־רַבִּים חֲלָלִים הִפִּילָה וַעֲצֻמִים כָּל־הֲרֻגֶֽיהָ׃khiy-raviym-chalaliym-hifiylah-va'atzumiym-khal-harugeyha
KJV: For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
AKJV: For she has cast down many wounded: yes, many strong men have been slain by her.
ASV: For she hath cast down many wounded:
YLT: For many are the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty are all her slain ones.
Commentary WitnessProverbs 7:26Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 7:26
Verse 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her - That is, such like women have been the ruin of many. חללים chalalim, which we render wounded, also signifies solsliers or men of war; and עצמים atsumim, which we render strong men, may be translated heroes. Many of those who have distinguished themselves in the field and in the cabinet have been overcome and destroyed by their mistresses. History is full of such examples.
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Exposition: Proverbs 7:26 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Proverbs 7:27
Hebrew
דַּרְכֵי שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתָהּ יֹרְדוֹת אֶל־חַדְרֵי־מָֽוֶת׃darekhey-she'vol-veytah-yoredvot-'el-chaderey-mavet
KJV: Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
AKJV: Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
ASV: Her house is the way to Sheol,
YLT: The ways of Sheol--her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!
Commentary WitnessProverbs 7:27Quoted commentary witness
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Proverbs 7:27
Verse 27 Her house is the way to hell - שאול sheol, the pit, the grave, the place of the dead, the eternal and infernal world. And they who, through such, fall into the grave, descend lower, into the chambers of death; the place where pleasure is at an end, and illusion mocks no more.
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Proverbs 7:27
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Exposition: Proverbs 7:27 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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- Proverbs 7:1
- Proverbs 7:2
- Proverbs 7:3
- Proverbs 7:4
- Proverbs 7:5
- Proverbs 7:6
- Proverbs 7:7
- Proverbs 7:8
- Proverbs 7:9
- Gen 38:14
- Gen 38:15-19
- Proverbs 7:10
- Proverbs 7:11
- Proverbs 7:12
- Proverbs 7:13
- Lev 3:1-11
- Proverbs 7:14
- Proverbs 7:15
- Proverbs 7:16
- Proverbs 7:17
- Proverbs 7:18
- Proverbs 7:19
- Proverbs 7:20
- Proverbs 7:21
- Proverbs 7:22
- Proverbs 7:23
- Proverbs 7:24
- Proverbs 7:25
- Proverbs 7:26
- Proverbs 7:27
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- East
- Sodom
- However
- And
- Customs
- But
- Targum
- Egypt
- Septuagint
- Vulgate
- Ray
- Come
- Veni
- Bible
- Egipt
- Tetis
- Literally
- The Targum
- Dr
- Slaughter
- Chain
- Snare
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Proverbs 7:1
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
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