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Proverbs 7:14
14She said to him, ‘I offered a sacrifice to God today and I have the meat at my home.
Proverbs 7:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
- New International Version (NIV)“Today I fulfilled my vows, and I have food from my fellowship offering at home.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows;
- New King James Version (NKJV)“I have peace offerings with me; Today I have paid my vows.
Context of Proverbs 7:14
12Instead she would stand in the streets and in the market place. She would wait at the corners of the streets to find a man. 13Now she took hold of the young man and she kissed him. She looked into his eyes without any shame. She said to him, ‘I offered a sacrifice to God today and I have the meat at my home. 15That is why I came out to meet you. I was looking for you, and now I have found you! 16I have covered my bed with beautiful blankets and with valuable cloths from Egypt.
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זִבְחֵ֣י שְׁלָמִ֣ים עָלָ֑י הַ֝יּ֗וֹם שִׁלַּ֥מְתִּי נְדָרָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 7:14
- Proverbs 15:8When wicked people offer sacrifices to the Lord, he hates it. But he is pleased when good people pray to him.
- Proverbs 17:1It is better to eat a piece of dry bread in a quiet place, than to eat a big feast in a house full of arguments.
- Proverbs 21:27The Lord hates it when wicked people offer sacrifices to him. He hates it even more when they do it with an evil purpose.
- Leviticus 7:15The person must not keep the meat from the animal until the next day. He must eat it on the day that he offers it.
- Deuteronomy 12:6That is where you must take your burnt offerings and other sacrifices to offer to the Lord. Take your tithes and offerings to him there. Take the gifts that you have promised to give, and the gifts that you choose to give. Take the firstborn animals from your cows, sheep and goats.
- 2 Samuel 15:7After four years, Absalom said to the king, ‘Please let me go to Hebron. I need to make a sacrifice to the Lord, as I promised to do.
- 1 Kings 21:9This is what she wrote in those letters: ‘Choose a day for everyone to fast. Give Naboth a seat where the people can see him.
- John 18:28The Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas's house to the Roman ruler's big house. It was early in the morning. The Jewish leaders wanted to follow the Jewish rules so that they could eat the Passover meal. They did not go into the ruler's house, because it would have made them unclean.
Commentaries on Proverbs 7:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14I 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14This pretence of a religious feast gives us an insight into some strange features of popular religion under the monarchy of Judah. The harlot uses the technical word Leviticus 3:1 for the “peace-offerings,” and makes them the starting-point for her sin. They have to be eaten on the same day that they are offered Leviticus 7:15-16, and she invites her victim to the feast. She who speaks is a “foreigner” who, under a show of conformity to the religion of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-27Verses 6-27 Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after Solomon has set before his eyes in so lively and plain a manner, the danger of even going near them? Then is he as the man who would dance on the edge of a lofty rock, when he has just seen another fall headlong from the same place. The misery of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14The immoral woman follows religious rituals to appear good, but her actions show a corrupt heart.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1513-15. The preparations for a feast do not necessarily imply peculiar religious professions. The offerer retained part of the victim for a feast (Le 3:9, &c.). This feast she professes was prepared for him whom she boldly addresses as one sought specially to partake of it.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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