Proverbs 9:15

15 ut vocaret transeuntes viam et pergentes itinere suo

Proverbs 9:15 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 9:15

To call passengers who go right on their ways.
] Who have been religiously educated, and trained up in the principles of true Christianity; and who walk outwardly according to the rule of the divine word, and are in a fair way for heaven and eternal happiness. These she has her eye upon as they pass along, and calls unto them, and endeavours to turn them aside out of the way they are going, to make them proselytes to her antichristian religion; which, when she succeeds in, she glories and boasts of; just as harlots are very desirous of seducing and debauching chaste, innocent, and virtuous persons; see ( Revelation 2:20 ) . Saying as follows:

Proverbs 9:15 In-Context

13 mulier stulta et clamosa plenaque inlecebris et nihil omnino sciens

14 sedit in foribus domus suae super sellam in excelso urbis loco

15 ut vocaret transeuntes viam et pergentes itinere suo

16 quis est parvulus declinet ad me et vecordi locuta est

17 aquae furtivae dulciores sunt et panis absconditus suavior