The ruinous consequences of indulgence in illicit pleasures.
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Proverbs 5:7-14
The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 5:7-14
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Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:1-14Proverbs 5:1-14 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentarySolomon cautions all young men, as his children, to abstain from fleshly lusts. Some, by the adulterous woman, here understand idolatry, false doctrine, which tends to lead astray men's minds and manners; but the direct…Parental Instructions; Cautions against SensualityProverbs 5:1-14 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BiblePARENTAL INSTRUCTIONS; CAUTIONS AGAINST SENSUALITY. Here we have, I. A solemn preface, to introduce the caution which follows, Proverbs 5:1-2. Solomon here addresses himself to his son, that is, to all young men, as unt…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 5:1-23Proverbs 5:1-23 · The Pulpit Commentary8. Eighth admonitory discourse. Warning against adultery, and commendation of marriage. The teacher, in this discourse, recurs to a subject which he has glanced at before in Proverbs 2:15-19, and which he again treats o…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 5:1-20Proverbs 5:1-20 · The Pulpit CommentaryVictims of vice One particular vice is here denounced; it is necessary to warn the young against its snares and sorrows. What is here said, however, of this sin is applicable, in most if not all respects, to any kind of…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 5:1-23Proverbs 5:1-23 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 5:1-14Proverbs 5:1-14 · The Pulpit CommentaryMeretricious pleasures and their results I. GENERAL ADMONITION. (Proverbs 5:1-3.) Similar prefaces to warnings against unchastity are found in Proverbs 6:20, etc.; Proverbs 7:1, etc. The same forms of iteration for the…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 5:1-14Solomon cautions all young men, as his children, to abstain from fleshly lusts. Some, by the adulterous woman, here understand idolatry, false doctrine, which tends to lead astray men's minds and manners; but the direct…Matthew HenrycommentaryParental Instructions; Cautions against SensualityPARENTAL INSTRUCTIONS; CAUTIONS AGAINST SENSUALITY. Here we have, I. A solemn preface, to introduce the caution which follows, Proverbs 5:1-2. Solomon here addresses himself to his son, that is, to all young men, as unt…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 5:1-14Meretricious pleasures and their results I. GENERAL ADMONITION. (Proverbs 5:1-3.) Similar prefaces to warnings against unchastity are found in Proverbs 6:20, etc.; Proverbs 7:1, etc. The same forms of iteration for the…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 5:1-238. Eighth admonitory discourse. Warning against adultery, and commendation of marriage. The teacher, in this discourse, recurs to a subject which he has glanced at before in Proverbs 2:15-19, and which he again treats o…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 5:1-20Victims of vice One particular vice is here denounced; it is necessary to warn the young against its snares and sorrows. What is here said, however, of this sin is applicable, in most if not all respects, to any kind of…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 5:1-23EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 5:7The subject of which the teacher is heating demands the utmost attention of youth. Enough, it might be supposed, had been said to deter from intercourse with the "strange woman." She has been portrayed in her real colou…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her. In other words, this is the same as St. Paul counsels, "Flee fornication" (1 Corinthians 6:14). From her (mealeyah; desuper ea). The term conveys the impression that the youth has come withi…Joseph S. Exell and contributors