Proverbios 7:19-27

19 ahora que mi esposo no está en casa.
Se fue de viaje por mucho tiempo.

20 Se llevó la cartera llena de dinero
y no regresará hasta fin de mes».

21 Y así lo sedujo con sus dulces palabras
y lo engatusó con sus halagos.

22 Él la siguió de inmediato,
como un buey que va al matadero.
Era como un ciervo que cayó en la trampa,

23 en espera de la flecha que le atravesaría el corazón.
Era como un ave que vuela directo a la red,
sin saber que le costará la vida.

24 Por eso, hijos míos, escúchenme
y presten atención a mis palabras.

25 No dejen que el corazón se desvíe tras ella.
No anden vagando por sus caminos descarriados.

26 Pues ella ha sido la ruina de muchos;
numerosos hombres han caído en sus garras.

27 Su casa es el camino a la tumba.
Su alcoba es la guarida de la muerte.

Proverbios 7:19-27 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.