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Proverbs 7:11
11She was the brash, rebellious type, never content to stay at home.
Proverbs 7:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
- New International Version (NIV)(She is unruly and defiant, her feet never stay at home;
- English Standard Version (ESV)She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home;
- New King James Version (NKJV)She was loud and rebellious, Her feet would not stay at home.
Context of Proverbs 7:11
9It was at twilight, in the evening, as deep darkness fell. 10The woman approached him, seductively dressed and sly of heart. She was the brash, rebellious type, never content to stay at home. 12She is often in the streets and markets, soliciting at every corner. 13She threw her arms around him and kissed him, and with a brazen look she said,
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:11 word by word
הֹמִיָּ֣ה הִ֣יא וְסֹרָ֑רֶת בְּ֝בֵיתָ֗הּ לֹא־יִשְׁכְּנ֥וּ רַגְלֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:11
- Proverbs 9:13The woman named Folly is brash. She is ignorant and doesn’t know it.
- Proverbs 25:24It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.
- Proverbs 27:14A loud and cheerful greeting early in the morning will be taken as a curse!
- Proverbs 31:10Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious than rubies.
- Genesis 18:9“Where is Sarah, your wife?” the visitors asked. “She’s inside the tent,” Abraham replied.
- 1 Timothy 5:13And if they are on the list, they will learn to be lazy and will spend their time gossiping from house to house, meddling in other people’s business and talking about things they shouldn’t.
Commentaries on Proverbs 7:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11She is loud and stubborn - המיה homiyah, she is never at rest, always agitated; busily employed to gain her end, and this is to go into the path of error: סררת sorereth, "turning aside;" preferring any way to the right way. And, therefore, it is added, her feet abide not in her house, she gads abroad; and this disposition probably first led her to this vice.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Loud and stubborn - Both words describe the half-animal signs of a vicious nature. Compare Hosea 4:16.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. 6-23The young man's father shares a story to explain his lesson about women with questionable morals.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1211-12. loud--or, "noisy," "bustling." stubborn--not submissive. without ... streets, ... corner--(Compare 1Ti 5:13; Tit 2:5).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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