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Emphasis is laid (see the Proverbs 2:16 note) upon the origin of the
beguiler....
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CHAPTER 5
_ 1. Shun the strange woman and sinful passion (Proverbs 5:1)_
2. The life of chastity (Proverbs 5:15)
Proverbs 5:1. It is a warning against literal fornication and the
accompanying spirit...
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PROVERBS 5:1; PROVERBS 5:10; PROVERBS 5:20. Three hortatory discourses
exactly similar to those in Proverbs 5:2 and...
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STRANGE. apostate. Hebrew. _zur_. See note on Proverbs 5:3.
STRANGER. alien or foreigner. Hebrew. _nakar._ See note on verses:
Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 5:10....
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TEXT Proverbs 5:15-23
15.
Drink waters out of thine own cistern,
And running waters out of thine own well.
16.
Should thy springs be dispersed abroad,
And streams of water in the streets?
17....
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And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and
embrace the bosom of a stranger?
AND WHY WILT THOU, MY SON, BE RAVISHED WITH A STRANGE WOMAN, AND
EMBRACE THE BOSOM OF A STRANGER?...
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UNHOLY PASSION. HALLOWED LOVE
A dissuasive from immorality addressed exclusively to men. The two
leading thoughts are (1) the disastrous consequences of adultery; loss
of honour, property, life, oppo...
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Marriage is God’s gift. A husband and wife should give themselves to
each other. They should enjoy their marriage. They should love each
other. They attract each other, and this is good.
V21 God sees...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 5
Chapter 5 is a poem. The poem has two subjects:
1. A married woman tempts a man who is not her husband.
2. Evil things are like this woman,...
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(15-20) DRINK WATERS OUT OF THINE OWN CISTERN... — In these verses
Solomon urges his disciples to follow after purity in the married
life; he pictures in vivid terms the delights which it affords as
c...
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וְ לָ֤מָּה תִשְׁגֶּ֣ה בְנִ֣י בְ
זָרָ֑ה וּ֝
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CHAPTER 6
THE WAYS AND ISSUES OF SIN
"His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with
the cords of his sin. He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the
greatness of his fo...
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This is a parental exhortation against impurity. It is expressed in
words of great delicacy and beauty, but it is none the less urgent and
searching. It recognizes one of the most subtle and natural
t...
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Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine
own well. Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters
in the streets. Let them be only thine own, and not strange...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9.
There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter
s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly
so...
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AND WHY WILT THOU, MY SON, BE RAVISHED WITH A STRANGE WOMAN,.... Or
"err with her" y; after all those inconveniences and miseries that
follow upon a conversation with a harlot, and all those advantage...
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And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and
embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Ver. 20. _And why wilt thou, my son?_] The premises considered, there
is no reason for it, but all ag...
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_And why wilt thou be ravished with a strange woman?_ Consider a
little, and deny, if thou canst, that it is an unaccountable folly to
seek that satisfaction and comfort in a vile harlot, which thou m...
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CHASTITY CONTRASTED WITH UNCHASTITY...
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And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, with a
wanton harlot, professing the same delight in her company which he
might and should lawfully have with the wife given him by the Lor...
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15-23 Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these
destructive vices. But we are not properly united, except as we attend
to God's word, seeking his direction and blessing, and act...
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Proverbs 5:20 son H1121 enraptured H7686 (H8799) woman H2114 (H8801)
embraced H2263 (H8762) arms H2436 seductress
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SOLOMON CALLS ON HIS SON TO BE FAITHFUL TO HIS TRUE WIFE, AND TO
OBTAIN HIS SEXUAL ENJOYMENTS FROM HER (PROVERBS 5:15).
In contrast Solomon now brings home to ‘his son' (Proverbs 5:20) the
joys of sex...
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CONTENTS: Caution against the sin of whoredom.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son.
CONCLUSION: We ought industriously to avoid everything that might be
an occasion of the sin of adultery or a step to...
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Proverbs 5:3. _The lips of a strange woman drop as a honey-comb._ She
employs all her arts for bread, for drunkenness, for crime. How
wretched, how bitter is the life of a ruined and abandoned woman....
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_ILLUSTRATION OF Proverbs 5:19_
Here we have started up, and sent leaping over the plain, another of
Solomon’s favourites. What elegant creatures those gazelles are, and
how gracefully they bound. We...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 5:1
8. _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...
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Now my son, attend unto my wisdom, bow your ear to my understanding:
That you may regard discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge
(Proverbs 5:1; Proverbs 5:2).
And now he's going to warn his...
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1 Kings 11:1; Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 22:14; Proverbs 23:27;...