Proverbs 7:7

7 And I saw among the ¹naive, And discerned among the youths A young man ²lacking sense,

Proverbs 7:7 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 7:7

And beheld among the simple ones
Such as are easily persuaded and drawn into sin; simple and foolish in things moral and spiritual, and not arrived to any ripeness of understanding in things natural and civil; have seen but little of the world, and know less of religion, and are easily imposed upon and carried away with the company they keep; such simple foolish creatures are the followers of antichrist; see ( 2 Timothy 3:6 2 Timothy 3:9 ) ; I discerned among the youths;
or "children" ^F4; at least in understanding, the children Jezebel, ( Revelation 2:23 ) ; a young man void of understanding;
or "wanting a heart" ^F5; to know and fear the Lord, and not in the way to learn and improve; but in company like himself, and so in a fair way to continue foolish and simple, and destitute of the true understanding of things, and exposed to the snares delusions of such that lie in wait to deceive.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (Mynbb) "inter filios", Pagninus
F5 (bl rox) "carentem corde", Montanus, Mercerus, Gejerus; "destitutum corde", Schultens.

Proverbs 7:7 In-Context

5 That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

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

7 And I saw among the naive, And discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense,

8 Passing through the street near her corner; And he takes the way to her house,

9 In the twilight, in the evening , In the middle of the night and in the darkness.

Cross References

• 1. Proverbs 1:22
• 2. Proverbs 6:32; Proverbs 9:4

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "simple ones"
• [b] Lit "sons"
• [c] Lit "heart"