Charles Ellicott Commentary Proverbs 7
Charles Ellicott Commentary
Proverbs 7
Charles Ellicott Commentary
Proverbs 7
"Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart." — Proverbs 7:3 (ASV)
(m). Thirteenth Discourse: — Also Against Adultery (Proverbs 7:0).
Bind them upon your fingers.—See above on Proverbs 3:3. The thong of the phylactery or fillet for the left arm was wound seven times around it, and as many times around the middle finger.
"And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding," — Proverbs 7:7 (ASV)
Among the simple ones.— He was not yet vicious, only empty-headed.
"Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house," — Proverbs 7:8 (ASV)
And he went the way ...—The word is used of the slow step of a religious procession (2 Samuel 6:13), here of the sauntering of the idle youth up and down the street within view of the temptress’s house.
"In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness." — Proverbs 7:9 (ASV)
In the twilight ...—He has no excuse of sudden temptation to offer; from twilight till dark night he had trifled with danger, and now at last his calamity comes (Proverbs 6:15).
"And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart." — Proverbs 7:10 (ASV)
Subtil of heart.— Feigning love to her husband and devotion to her lovers, yet caring for none, only to satisfy her own passions.
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