Proverbs 7:11

11 She is loud and rebellious. Her feet will not stay at home.

Proverbs 7:11 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 7:11

She [is] loud and stubborn
"Loud"; not that her voice may be heard, and so be found by those that seek her in the dark, as Aben Ezra interprets it; but rather clamorous, noisy, and talkative, when she has got her gallant with her; pouring out foolish and unchaste words to allure and entice him; unless it is to be understood of her bawling and scolding, when within doors, at her husband, in order to get him out, and be rid of him; to whom she is "stubborn" or "rebellious", as the Targum, breaking covenant with him, and disobeying his commands; and departing from him, declining out of the way, as Jarchi; speaking rebellion, as Aben Ezra: all which agree with the whore of Rome, who is rebellious against Christ, whose spouse she professes to be; is perfidious to him, disobedient to his commandments; is gone out of the way of his truths and ordinances, and publishes and encourages everything that is contrary thereunto; as well as has a mouth speaking blasphemies, ( Revelation 13:5 Revelation 13:6 ) ; her feet abide not in her house;
to attend the business of it; but site is gadding abroad to seek her lovers, and bring them in; it is the character of good women that they are keepers at home, but it is the sign of a harlot to gad abroad, which is enlarged upon in ( Proverbs 7:11 ) .

Proverbs 7:11 In-Context

9 in the twilight, in the evening, in the dark hours of the night.
10 A woman with an ulterior motive meets him. She is dressed as a prostitute.
11 She is loud and rebellious. Her feet will not stay at home.
12 One moment she is out on the street, the next she is at the curb, on the prowl at every corner.
13 She grabs him and kisses him and brazenly says to him,
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