Proverbs 7:8

8 passing on the street {at} her corner, and he takes the road [to] her house,

Proverbs 7:8 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 7:8

Passing through the street near her corner
The house of the harlot that stood in a corner to take in persons that came both ways; to come near which is dangerous; this was putting himself in the way of temptation; or the corner of the street where she stood to pick up young men; it could be with no good design to walk the streets in the night, and to go where harlots haunt, and where they dwell or stand; or, however, it was exposing himself to danger, and, had he took the wise man's advice, would not have done it, ( Proverbs 5:8 ) ; we should abstain from all appearance of evil, and from everything that leads to sin; and as to immorality and uncleanness, so to false doctrine and false worship; the synagogues of Satan and Popish chapels should be avoided; and he went the way to her house;
that led directly to her house, which shows a bad intention; and if his design was not to commit fornication, yet to gratify his lusts by looks, dalliances, and impure discourse with her; and hither he went in a set, stately manner, as the word ^F6 signifies; with an air pleasing to the harlot, as a beau and fop of the town; and by which air and gait he was known by her to be a proper person to attack.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (deuy) "intelligitur incessus, compositus et pomposus", Piscator; "magnis et patheticis possibus", Michaelis; "est aliquid grande et audax in verbo", Schultens.

Proverbs 7:8 In-Context

6 For at the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked down.

7 And I saw among the simple, I observed among the youth, a young man lacking {sense},

8 passing on the street {at} her corner, and he takes the road [to] her house,

9 at twilight, at [the] day's evening, in [the] midst of night and the darkness.

10 Then behold! A woman [comes] to meet him [with the] garment of a prostitute and {a secret heart}.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "at the place of"