A Stroll Through Proverbs 7:13 - 7:23

 Previous Verses: “6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement [a latticed window], 7 And beheld among the simple [foolish, seducible] ones, I discerned [understand] among the youths, a young man void [devoid] of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way [toward] to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot [prostitute], and subtil [crafty] of heart. 11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now is shewithout, now in the streets, and lieth [lurking] in wait at every corner.)”

 

Proverbs 7:13-23

 

13 “So she caught [seized, trapped] him, and kissed him, and with an impudent [brazen, shameless] face said unto him,

            Proverbs 21:29

 

14 ^aI have peace offerings [Hebrew: peace offerings are upon me] with me; this day have I payed my vows.

^aLeviticus 7:11; Tidbit: adulteress pretended to be religious rebelled against the moral code of Almighty God (David Guzik, Study Guide for Proverbs, The Story of Seduction, Proverbs 7:13-18, BlueLetterBible.org).

 

15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face [stroked his ego], and I have found thee.

 

16 I have decked my bed with coverings of ^atapestry, with carved works [coloured coverings], with ^bfine linen of Egypt.

            ^aProverbs 31:22; ^bEzekiel 27:7, Isaiah 19:9; 

 

17 I have perfumed my bed with {¹⁽myrrh, aloes⁾, and cinnamon [aphrodisiacs]}.

            ¹myrrh and aloe was used to prepare the body for burial – Proverbs 7:23

 

18 Come, let us take our fill of love [misused terminology; brutish lust; “love from Hell” (Matthew Henry)] until the morning: let us solace [delight] ourselves with loves.

 

19 For the goodman [misrepresented the husband calling him “the man”] is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

 

20 He hath taken a ^abag of money with him, and will come home ^1{at the day appointed^}.

            ^aGenesis 42:35; ¹At the new or full moon

 

21 With ^aher much fair speech she caused him to yield [sin with her sexually], ^bwith the flattering of her lips she forced [seduced] him.

            ^aProverbs 5:3; ^bPsalm 12:2; Proverbs 6:24

 

22 He goeth after her straightway [suddenly], as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks [chains];

 

23 Till a dart [arrow] strike through his liver; ^aas a bird hasteth to the snare [trap], and knoweth not that it is [would take] for his life.”

            ^aEcclesiastes 9:12; Proverbs 6:26