Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 7:8
8crossing the street near her corner, walking in the direction of her house,
Proverbs 7:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
- New International Version (NIV)He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house
- English Standard Version (ESV)passing along the street near her corner, taking the road to her house
- New King James Version (NKJV)Passing along the street near her corner; And he took the path to her house
Context of Proverbs 7:8
6For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice. 7I saw among the naïve, I noticed among the youth, a young man lacking understanding, crossing the street near her corner, walking in the direction of her house, 9in the twilight of the evening, in the darkest hours of the night. 10All of a sudden, a woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute and with a cunning heart.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:8 word by word
עֹבֵ֣ר בַּ֭שּׁוּק אֵ֣צֶל פִּנָּ֑הּ וְדֶ֖רֶךְ בֵּיתָ֣הּ יִצְעָֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:8
- Proverbs 4:14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil people.
- Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far from her and do not go near the door of her house—
- Judges 16:1Once Samson went to Gaza and eyed a prostitute there, so he went to her.
- 2 Samuel 11:2One evening David rose from his bed and strolled on the roof of the royal palace. Then from the roof he saw a woman washing—a very beautiful woman.
- 1 Corinthians 6:18Flee from sexual immorality! Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body—but the one committing sexual immorality sins against his own body.
- 2 Timothy 2:22Now flee from youthful desires; instead, pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and shalom, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
- Jude 1:23save them by snatching them out of the fire; but on others have mercy with fear—hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.
Commentaries on Proverbs 7:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8He went the way to her house - She appears to have had a corner house sufficiently remarkable; and a way from the main street to it.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. 88. her corner--where she was usually found. went ... house--implying, perhaps, confidence in himself by his manner, as denoted in the word went--literally, "tread pompously."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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