Proverbs 7

Treated in 6 passages across the library.

  • 7:23 until an arrow splits his liver; like a bird rushing into a snare, he has no idea it will cost him his life. 2
  • 7:7 and among the naive I saw, among the young men I noticed, a youth with no sense, 1
  • 7:10 Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed as a prostitute, her mind full of schemes. 1
  • 7:14 "I had peace offerings to make, and today I have kept my vows. 1
  • 7:17 I have scented my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon. 1

Open Word Bible

  1. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.7 The Seventh Commandment cites Prov 7: 23

    …the bones. The adulterer hastens his own death. ‘Till a dart strike through his liver.’ Prov 7: 23. The Romans had their funerals at the gate of Venus’s temple, to signify that lust brings…

  2. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    Get a clear sense of the guilt, danger and evil of the sin cites Prov. vii. 7

    …woman, that he was “among the simple ones;” he was “a young man void of understanding,” Prov. vii. 7. And wherein did his folly appear? Why, says he, in the 23d verse, “He knew not that it…

  3. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites Prov 7: 10

    …and there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot; so she caught him and kissed him.’ Prov 7: 10, 13. Better are the reproofs of a friend, than the kisses of a harlot. (3) Ministers are…

  4. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.2 Degrees of Sin cites Prov 7: 14

    …offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows; come let us take our fill of love.’ Prov 7: 14, 15. She speaks as if she had been at church, and had been saying her prayers: who would…

  5. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    A Believer's Privilege at Death cites Prov 7:17

    …than pleasure in this life. ‘I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.’ Prov 7:17. For one sweet ingredient there were two bitter; for the cinnamon, there were myrrh and…

  6. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Man's Chief End cites Prov 7:23

    …his part in Paradise.’ Lust first bewitches with pleasure, and then comes the fatal dart. Prov 7:23. ‘Till a dart strike through his liver.’ This should be as a flaming sword to stop men in…