Proverbs 5
1599 Geneva Bible
5 3 Whoredom is forbidden, 9 And prodigality. 15 He willeth a man to live on his labors and to help others, 18 To love his wife. 22 The wicked taken in their own wickedness.
1 My son, hearken unto my wisdom, and incline thine ear unto my [a]knowledge,
2 That thou mayest regard counsel, and thy lips observe knowledge.
3 For the lips [b]of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is more soft than [c]oil.
4 But the end of her is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her [d]feet go down to death, and her steps take hold on hell.
6 She weigheth not the way of life: [e]her paths are moveable: thou canst not know them.
7 Hear ye me now therefore, O children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Keep thy way far from her, and come not near the door of her house,
9 Lest thou give thine [f]honor unto others, and thy years to the cruel:
10 Lest the stranger should be filled with thy strength, and thy [g]labors be in the house of a stranger,
11 And thou mourn at thine end, (when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy body)
12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and mine heart despised correction!
13 And have not obeyed the voice of them that taught me, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
14 I was almost brought into all evil in the midst of the Congregation and [h]assembly.
15 ¶ Drink the water of [i]thy cistern, and of the rivers out of the midst of thine own well.
16 Let thy fountains flow forth, and the rivers of waters in the streets.
17 But let them be thine, even [j]thine only, and not the strangers with thee.
18 Let thy [k]fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy [l]youth.
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe: let her breasts satisfy thee at all times, and delight in her love continually.
20 For why shouldest thou [m]delight, my son, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 For the ways of man are before the [n]eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his paths.
22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his own sin.
23 He shall [o]die for fault of instruction, and shall go astray through his great folly.
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- Proverbs 5:1 Or, understanding.
- Proverbs 5:3 That is, an harlot which giveth herself to another than to her husband.
- Proverbs 5:3 By oil and honey he meaneth flattering and crafty enticements.
- Proverbs 5:5 All her doings lead to destruction.
- Proverbs 5:6 She hath ever new means to allure to wickedness.
- Proverbs 5:9 That is, thy strength and goods to her that will have no pity upon thee: as is read of Samson, and the prodigal son.
- Proverbs 5:10 The goods gotten by thy travel.
- Proverbs 5:14 Although I was faithfully instructed in the truth, yet had I almost fallen to utter shame and destruction notwithstanding my good bringing up in the assembly of the godly.
- Proverbs 5:15 He teacheth us sobriety, exhorting us to live of our own labors and to be beneficial to the godly that want.
- Proverbs 5:17 Distribute them not to the wicked and infidels, but reserve them for thyself, thy family and them that are of the household of faith.
- Proverbs 5:18 Thy children which shall come of thee in great abundance, showing that God blesseth marriage, and curseth whoredom.
- Proverbs 5:18 Which thou didst marry in thy youth.
- Proverbs 5:20 Or, go astray with a stranger?
- Proverbs 5:21 He declareth that except man do join to his wife both in heart and in outward conversation, that he shall not escape the judgments of God.
- Proverbs 5:23 Because he will not give ear to God’s word and be admonished.
Proverbs 6:20-35
1599 Geneva Bible
20 ¶ My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not thy mother’s instruction.
21 Bind them always upon thine [a]heart, and tie them about thy neck.
22 It shall lead thee when thou walkest: it shall watch for thee when thou sleepest, and when thou wakest, it shall talk with thee.
23 For the [b]commandment is a lantern, and instruction a light: and [c]corrections for instruction are the way of life,
24 To keep thee from the wicked woman, and from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25 Desire not her beauty in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her [d]eye lids.
26 For because of the whorish woman, a man is brought to a morsel of bread, and a woman will hunt for the precious life of a man.
27 [e]Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burnt?
28 Or can a man go upon coals, and his feet not be burnt?
29 So he that goeth into his neighbor’s wife, shall not be innocent, whosoever toucheth her.
30 Men do not [f]despise a thief, when he stealeth to satisfy his [g]soul, because he is hungry.
31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold, or he shall give all the substance of his house.
32 But he that commiteth adultery with a woman, he [h]is destitute of understanding: he that doeth it, destroyeth his own soul.
33 He shall find [i]a wound and dishonor, and his reproach shall never be put away.
34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not [j]spare in the day of vengeance.
35 He cannot bear the sight of any ransom: neither will he consent, though thou augment the gifts.
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- Proverbs 6:21 Read Prov. 3:3.
- Proverbs 6:23 By the commandment, he meaneth the word of God: and by the instruction, the preaching and declaration of the same, which is committed to the Church.
- Proverbs 6:23 And reprehensions when the word is preached bring us to life.
- Proverbs 6:25 With her wanton looks and gesture.
- Proverbs 6:27 Meaning, that she will never cease till she have brought thee to beggary, and then seek thy destruction.
- Proverbs 6:30 He reproveth not theft, but showeth that it is not so abominable as whoredom, forasmuch as theft might be redeemed: but adultery was a perpetual infamy, and death by the law of God.
- Proverbs 6:30 Meaning, for very necessity.
- Proverbs 6:32 Hebrew, faileth in heart.
- Proverbs 6:33 That is, death appointed by the Law.
- Proverbs 6:34 He showeth that man by nature seeketh his death, that hath abused his wife, and so concludeth, that neither God’s Law nor the law of nature admitteth any ransom for the adultery.
Proverbs 7
1599 Geneva Bible
7 1 An exhortation to wisdom and to the word of God. 5 Which will preserve us from the harlot, 6 Whose manners are described.
1 My son keep my words, and hide my commandments with thee.
2 Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live, and mine instruction, as the [a]apple of thine eyes.
3 Bind them upon thy fingers, and write them upon the table of thine heart.
4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call understanding thy kinswoman,
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, even from the strange that is smooth in her words.
6 ¶ [b]As I was in the window of mine house, I looked through my window,
7 And I saw among the fools, and considered among the children a young man destitute of understanding,
8 Who passed through the street by her corner, and went toward her house,
9 In the twilight in the evening, when the night began to be [c]black and dark.
10 And behold, there met him a woman with an harlot’s [d]behavior, and [e]subtle in heart.
11 (She [f]is babbling and loud, whose feet cannot abide in her house.
12 Now she is without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner)
13 So she caught him and kissed him, and [g]with an impudent face said unto him,
14 I have [h]peace offerings: this [i]day have I paid my vows.
15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, that I might seek thy face: and I have found thee.
16 I have decked my bed with ornaments, [j]carpets and laces of Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us take our pleasure in dalliance.
19 For mine husband is not at home: he is gone a journey far off.
20 He hath taken [k]with him a bag of silver, and will come home at the day appointed.
21 Thus with her great craft she caused him to yield, and with her flattering lips she enticed him.
22 And he followed her straightway, as an [l]ox that goeth to the slaughter, and [m]as a fool to the stocks for correction,
23 Till a dart strike through his liver, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that [n]he is in danger.
24 ¶ Hear me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the words of my mouth.
25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways: wander thou not in her paths.
26 For she hath caused many to fall down wounded, and the [o]strong men are all slain by her.
27 Her house is the way (A)unto the grave, which goeth down to the chambers of death.
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- Proverbs 7:2 By this diversity of words, he meaneth that nothing ought to be so dear unto us as the word of God, nor that we look on anything more nor mind anything so much.
- Proverbs 7:6 Solomon useth this parable to declare their folly, that suffer themselves to be abused by harlots.
- Proverbs 7:9 He showeth that there was almost none so impudent, but they were afraid to be seen, and also their own consciences did accuse them which caused them to seek the night to cover their filthiness.
- Proverbs 7:10 Or, garment.
- Proverbs 7:10 Or, hid.
- Proverbs 7:11 He describeth certain conditions, which are peculiar to harlots.
- Proverbs 7:13 Hebrew, she strengthened her face.
- Proverbs 7:14 Because that in peace offerings a portion returned to them that offered, she showeth him that she hath meat at home to make good cheer with: or else she would use some cloak of holiness till she had gotten him in her snares.
- Proverbs 7:14 Which declareth that harlots outwardly will seem holy and religious: both because they may the better deceive others, and also thinking by observing of ceremonies and offerings to make satisfaction for their sins.
- Proverbs 7:16 Or, carved work.
- Proverbs 7:20 Hebrew, in his hand.
- Proverbs 7:22 Which thinking he goeth to the pasture, goeth willingly to his own destruction.
- Proverbs 7:22 Which goeth cheerfully, not knowing that he shall be chastised.
- Proverbs 7:23 Hebrew, It is for his life.
- Proverbs 7:26 Neither wit nor strength can deliver them that fall into the hands of the harlot.
Proverbs 22:14
1599 Geneva Bible
14 The mouth of strange women is as a deep pit: he with whom the Lord is angry, [a]shall fall therein.
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- Proverbs 22:14 So God punisheth one sin by another, when he suffereth the wicked to fall into the acquaintance of an harlot.
Proverbs 30:20
1599 Geneva Bible
20 Such is the way also of an adulterous woman: she eateth and [a]wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have not committed iniquity.
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- Proverbs 30:20 She hath her desires, and after counterfeiteth as though she were an honest woman.
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