Proverbs 7:6-9

Warning Against the Adulteress

6 For at m the window of my house
I have looked out through my lattice,
7 and I have seen among n the simple,
I have perceived among the youths,
a young man o lacking sense,
8 passing along the street p near her corner,
taking the road to her house
9 in q the twilight, in the evening,
at r the time of night and darkness.

  1. Cross References
    Judges 5:28
    "Out of the window she peered, the mother of Sisera wailed through the lattice: 'Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?'
  2. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:4
    To give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth -
  3. Cross References
    Proverbs 6:32
    He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself.
  4. Cross References
    Proverbs 7:12
    Now in the street, now in the market, and at every corner she lies in wait.
  5. Cross References
    Job 24:15
    The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye will see me'; and he veils his face.
  6. Cross References
    Proverbs 20:20
    If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
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