Proverbs 7:10 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 7:10

And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

KJV

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ASV

And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

WEB

Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.

YLT

And, lo, a woman to meet him--(A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,

DBT

And behold, there met him a woman in the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.

About this book

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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16 verses on the floor

1 Timothy 2:9
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
Isaiah 3:16–24
Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
2 Corinthians 11:2–3
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Jeremiah 4:30
And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life.
2 Kings 9:30
And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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She is all for gadding abroad, changing place and company. Now is she without in the country, under pretence of taking the air, now in the streets of the city, under pretence of seeing how the market goes. She is here, and there, and every where but where she should be.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

attire--that of harlots was sometimes peculiar. subtile--or, "wary," "cunning." 11, 12. loud--or, "noisy," "bustling." stubborn--not submissive. without . . . streets, . . . corner--(Compare 1Ti 5:13;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PRO 7:101TI 2:9 1PE 3:3-5
PRO 7:101TI 2:9 JER 4:30
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PRO 7:101TI 2:9 TIT 2:3-5
PRO 7:101TI 2:9 PSA 149:4
PRO 7:101TI 2:9 ISA 3:16
PRO 7:102KI 9:30 EZE 23:40
PRO 7:10JER 4:30 LAM 1:2
PRO 7:10JER 4:30 2KI 9:30

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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