Proverbios 7:5-15

5 para que te guarden de la mujer ajena, y de la extraña que ablanda sus palabras

6 Porque mirando yo por la ventana de mi casa, por mi celosía

7 vi entre los simples, consideré entre los jóvenes, un joven falto de entendimiento

8 el cual pasaba por la calle, junto a la esquina de aquella, e iba camino de su casa

9 a la tarde del día, ya que oscurecía; en la oscuridad y tiniebla de la noche

10 Y he aquí, una mujer que le sale al encuentro con atavío de ramera, guardada de corazón

11 alborotadora y rencillosa, sus pies no pueden estar en casa

12 unas veces de fuera, o bien por las plazas, acechando por todas las esquinas

13 Y traba de él, y lo besa; desvergonzó su rostro, y le dijo

14 Sacrificios de paz había prometido, hoy he pagado mis votos

15 por tanto he salido a encontrarte, buscando tu rostro, y te he hallado

Proverbios 7:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS 7

The sum of this chapter is to exhort men to attend to the doctrines and precepts of Wisdom, in order to avoid the adulterous woman; the exhortation to keep them with care, affection, and delight, in order to answer the end, is in Pr 7:1-5. A story is told, of Solomon's own knowledge, of a young man ensnared and ruined by a lewd woman; it begins Pr 7:6. The young man is described as foolish, and as throwing himself in the way of temptation, Pr 7:7-9; the harlot that met him is described by her attire, her subtlety, her voice, her inconstancy, her impudence, and pretensions to piety, Pr 7:10-14. The arguments she made use of to prevail upon him to go with her are taken partly from the elegance of her bed, the softness of it, and its sweet perfume, and satiety of love to be enjoyed in it, Pr 7:15-18; and partly from the absence of her husband, who was gone a long journey, and had made provision for it for a certain time, Pr 7:19,20. By which arguments she prevailed upon him to his utter ruin: which is illustrated by the similes of an ox going to the slaughter, a fool to the stocks, and a bird to the snare, Pr 7:21-23. And the chapter is concluded with an exhortation to hearken to the words of Wisdom, and to avoid the ways and paths of the harlot, by which many and mighty persons have been ruined; they being the direct road to hell and death, Pr 7:24-27.