Contrast with Proverbs 9:1 and following. The foolish woman has her house, but it is not a stately palace with seven pillars, like the home of Wisd…

She sits at the door of her house.— She does not care, like Wisdom, to send forth her maidens to seek and to save that which w…

For she sits at the door of her house , &e.] Idle and inactive, looking out for her prey; not active and laborious, as Wi…

How diligent the tempter is, to seduce unwary souls into sin! Carnal, sensual pleasure, stupefies conscience, and puts out the sparks of conviction…