Mishle 7:8

8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went on the derech to her bais,

Mishle 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.

Mishle 7:8 In-Context

6 For at the chalon (window) of my bais I looked through my lattice,

7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the banim, a na’ar (young man) devoid of lev [of understanding, sense],

8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went on the derech to her bais,

9 In the twilight, at erev, in the black and dark lailah;

10 And, hinei, there met him an isha with the attire of a zonah, and crafty of lev