The seduction watched from a window: a young man void of understanding passes near her corner in the twilight, and the woman meets him, the flattering invitation, the spread couch, the husband away till full moon. 'He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter… as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.' Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.

Context

Poetry · Solomon, Agur, Lemuel — Proverbs overview

A. 1–5 Bind My Commandments Upon Thy Fingers
B. 6–23 Watched From a Window: the Young Man Void of Understanding
C. 24–27 Her House Is the Way to Sheol

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Proverbs 54 verses
- Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- Proverbs 5:5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
- Proverbs 5:7So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
- Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
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Proverbs 64 verses
- Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
- Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
- Proverbs 6:32He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
- Proverbs 6:33Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
- Read Proverbs 6 →
Proverbs 93 verses
- Proverbs 9:13The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
- Proverbs 9:14She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
- Proverbs 9:18But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
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Proverbs 43 verses
- Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
- Proverbs 4:4he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
- Proverbs 4:6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will preserve you; love her, and she will guard you.
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Numbers 253 verses
- Numbers 25:1While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
- Numbers 25:6Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 25:8followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,
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Proverbs 12 verses
- Proverbs 1:8Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, and do not forsake the teaching of your mother.
- Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
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Proverbs 22 verses
- Proverbs 2:2if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
- Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
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Revelation 11 verse
- Revelation 1:3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
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Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge and OpenBible.info.