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Proverbs 7:5 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 7 · verse 5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.Proverbs 7:5 · King James Version
Proverbs 7:5 in context
3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- flatterethchâlaqto be smoothH2505 →
- strangernokrîystrange, in a variety of degrees and applicationsH5237 →
- strangezûwrto turn asideH2114 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
- keepshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
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These verses are an introduction to his warning against fleshly lusts, much the same with that, Pro 6:20, etc., and ending (Pro 7:5) as that did (Pro 6:24), To keep thee from the strange woman; that is it he aims at;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5