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Proverbs 7:14
14“Today I fulfilled my vows, and I have food from my fellowship offering at home.
Proverbs 7:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“I’ve just made my peace offerings and fulfilled my vows.
Context of Proverbs 7:14
12now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.) 13She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said: “Today I fulfilled my vows, and I have food from my fellowship offering at home. 15So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you! 16I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:14 word by word
זִבְחֵ֣י שְׁלָמִ֣ים עָלָ֑י הַ֝יּ֗וֹם שִׁלַּ֥מְתִּי נְדָרָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 7:14
- Proverbs 15:8The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.
- Proverbs 17:1Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.
- Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with evil intent!
- Leviticus 7:15The meat of their fellowship offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day it is offered; they must leave none of it till morning.
- Deuteronomy 12:6there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, what you have vowed to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
- 2 Samuel 15:7At the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron and fulfill a vow I made to the Lord.
- 1 Kings 21:9In those letters she wrote: “Proclaim a day of fasting and seat Naboth in a prominent place among the people.
- John 18:28Then the Jewish leaders took Jesus from Caiaphas to the palace of the Roman governor. By now it was early morning, and to avoid ceremonial uncleanness they did not enter the palace, because they wanted to be able to eat the Passover.
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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