Provérbios 7:1-9

1 Filho meu, guarda as minhas palavras, e entesoura contigo os meus mandamentos.

2 Observa os meus mandamentos e vive; guarda a minha lei, como a menina dos teus olhos.

3 Ata-os aos teus dedos, escreve-os na tábua do teu coração.

4 Dize � sabedoria: Tu és minha irmã; e chama ao entendimento teu amigo íntimo,

5 para te guardarem da mulher alheia, da adúltera, que lisonjeia com as suas palavras.

6 Porque da janela da minha casa, por minhas grades olhando eu,

7 vi entre os simples, divisei entre os jovens, um mancebo falto de juízo,

8 que passava pela rua junto � esquina da mulher adúltera e que seguia o caminho da sua casa,

9 no crepúsculo, � tarde do dia, � noite fechada e na escuridão;

Provérbios 7:1-9 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.