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Themes in Proverbs 7

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Themes in Proverbs 7

Proverbs 7:1 (show verse)

My son, keep my words
And treasure my commandments within you.

Chastity » Preserved by wisdom
Children » Dishonouring parents » Filial obedience encouraged
Obedience » Filial » Filial obedience encouraged
Parents » Examples of fathers' love » Obedience to
Parents » Duty to » Filial obedience encouraged

Proverbs 7:2 (show verse)

Keep my commandments and live,

And my teaching as the apple of your eye.

Chastity » Preserved by wisdom

Proverbs 7:3 (show verse)

Bind them on your fingers;

Write them on the tablet of your heart.

Chastity » Preserved by wisdom
Tables » A slab upon which inscriptions were made » Figurative
Writing » On the heart

Proverbs 7:4 (show verse)

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
And call understanding your intimate friend;

Chastity » Preserved by wisdom
Understanding » What to call understanding
Whoredom » Whoremongers
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Whoredom » What keeps you away from whores
Wisdom » Bonding with wisdom

Proverbs 7:5 (show verse)

That they may keep you from an adulteress,
From the foreigner who flatters with her words.

Chastity » Preserved by wisdom
Whoredom » Whoremongers
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Whoredom » What keeps you away from whores

Proverbs 7:6 (show verse)

For at the window of my house
I looked out through my lattice,

Temptation » Evil associates, the instruments of
Whoredom » Whoremongers
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful

Proverbs 7:7 (show verse)

And I saw among the

naive,

And discerned among the youths
A young man lacking sense,

wicked Children » Are void of understanding
the Simple » The simple deceived by
Whoredom » Whoremongers
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful

Proverbs 7:8 (show verse)

Passing through the street near her corner;
And he takes the way to her house,

Darkness » Works of
Whoredom » Whoremongers
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful

Proverbs 7:9 (show verse)

In the twilight, in the evening,
In the middle of the night and in the darkness.

Darkness » Works of
Night » Frequently » Exceeding dark
Whoredom » Whoremongers
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful

Proverbs 7:10 (show verse)

And behold, a woman comes to meet him,

Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.

Harlot (prostitute) » Machinations of
Harlots » Warnings against
Heart » The unregenerate » Is subtle
Whoredom » Whoremongers
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Woman » Frequently » Subtle and deceitful
Women » Harlots » Warnings against
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful

Proverbs 7:11 (show verse)

She is boisterous and rebellious,
Her feet do not remain at home;

Harlot (prostitute) » Shamelessness of
Self-will » Characteristic of wicked people
Self-will and stubbornness » Characteristic of the wicked
Whoredom » Whoremongers
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful

Proverbs 7:12 (show verse)

She is now in the streets, now in the squares,
And lurks by every corner.

Harlot (prostitute) » Shamelessness of
Whoredom » Whoremongers
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful

Proverbs 7:13 (show verse)

So she seizes him and kisses him

And with a brazen face she says to him:

Proverbs 7:14 (show verse)

“I was due to offer peace offerings;
Today I have paid my vows.

Proverbs 7:15 (show verse)

“Therefore I have come out to meet you,
To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.

Proverbs 7:16 (show verse)

“I have spread my couch with coverings,
With colored linens of Egypt.

Beds » Covered with tapestry and linen
Carving » Beds decorated with
Egypt » Exports of
Egypt » Productions of
Egypt » Celebrated for » Fine linen, &c
Harlot (prostitute) » Shamelessness of
Linen » Bedding made of
Whoredom » Whoremongers
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful

Proverbs 7:17 (show verse)

“I have sprinkled my bed
With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.

Aloes » Trees
Aloes » Used as perfume
Bed » Perfumed
Beds » Often perfumed
Cinnamon » A spice
Harlot (prostitute) » Shamelessness of
myrrh » Used as a perfume
Perfume » Beds perfumed with myrrh
Trees » Varieties » Aloes
Whoredom » Whoremongers
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful

Proverbs 7:18 (show verse)

“Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with caresses.

Proverbs 7:19 (show verse)

“For my husband is not at home,
He has gone on a long journey;

Proverbs 7:20 (show verse)

He has taken a bag of money with him,
At the full moon he will come home.”

Proverbs 7:21 (show verse)

With her many persuasions she entices him;
With her

flattering lips she seduces him.

Flattery » Danger of
Harlot (prostitute) » Shamelessness of
Whoredom » Whoremongers
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful

Proverbs 7:22 (show verse)

Suddenly he follows her
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool,

physical Bondage » In prison » In stocks
Flattery » Danger of
Harlot (prostitute) » Shamelessness of
Oxen » Illustrative » (led to slaughter,) of a rash youth
Oxen » Goes to the slaughter unconscious
Prisoners » In stocks
Stocks » Feet fastened in, as a punishment
Whoredom » Whoremongers
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful

Proverbs 7:23 (show verse)

Until an arrow pierces through his liver;
As a bird hastens to the snare,
So he does not know that it will cost him his life.

Birds » Illustrative » (snaring,) of designs of the wicked
Flattery » Danger of
Harlot (prostitute) » Shamelessness of
Whoredom » Whoremongers
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful

Proverbs 7:24 (show verse)

Now therefore, my sons, listen to me,
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.

Exhortations » Special » To hearken to admonition
Harlot (prostitute) » Shamelessness of
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful

Proverbs 7:25 (show verse)

Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways,
Do not stray into her paths.

Chastity » Consequences of associating with those devoid of
Harlot (prostitute) » Shamelessness of
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Who falls victim to whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful

Proverbs 7:26 (show verse)

For many are the victims she has cast down,
And numerous are all her slain.

Proverbs 7:27 (show verse)

Her house is the way to Sheol,
Descending to the chambers of death.

Chastity » Consequences of associating with those devoid of
Harlot (prostitute) » Shamelessness of
Harlot (prostitute) » To be shunned
Hell » In the rv the word "sheol" itself occurs in the following scriptures
Whoredom » Whores
Whoredom » Avoiding harlots
Women » Wicked » Full of deceit and licentiousness
Women » Subtle and deceitful