Proverbs 9:17 Themes and Topics

When the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food and that it [was] a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make [one] wise, then she took from its fruit and she ate. And she gave [it] also to her husband with her, and he ate. Verse Concepts

{For by speaking high-sounding but empty words}, they entice with desires of the flesh [and] with licentiousness those who are scarcely escaping from those who live in error, Verse Concepts

I saw among the spoil a beautiful robe from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and one bar of gold [that] weighed fifty shekels; I coveted them and took them. They [are] hidden in the ground inside my tent, and the silver [is] under it." Verse Concepts

There is a way [that seems] upright {to} a man, but its end [is] the way of death. Verse Concepts

"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread of secrecy is pleasant." Verse Concepts

But each one is tempted [when he] is dragged away and enticed by his own desires. Verse Concepts

{I will punish her} [for] the days of the Baals, to whom she burns incense, and she decked herself [with] her ornamental ring and jewelry, and she went after her lovers, and forgot me --a declaration of Yahweh. Verse Concepts

Then behold! A woman [comes] to meet him [with the] garment of a prostitute and {a secret heart}. Verse Concepts

She sits at the door of her house, upon a throne [at the] high places of town, [in order] to call to those who pass by the road, those who go straight [on] their way: "Whoever is simple, may he turn here!" As for he who lacks {sense}, she says to him, read more.
"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread of secrecy is pleasant."

And this will happen on that day: And Tyre [will] be forgotten seventy years, like the days of one king. At [the] end of seventy years, it will be for Tyre like the song of the prostitute: "Take a harp, go around [the] city, forgotten prostitute! Do [it] well, playing a stringed instrument! Make numerous songs, that you may be remembered."

[in order] to deliver you from a strange woman, from a foreign woman [who] flatters [with] her sayings, Verse Concepts

She is loud and stubborn; her feet do not stay at her house. Now in the street, now in the square, {at} every corner she lies in wait. She took hold of him and kissed him. Her face was impudent, and she said to him, read more.
"Sacrifices of peace offerings [are] upon me; {today} I completed my vows. So I have come out to meet you, to seek your face, and I have found you. [With] coverings I have adorned my couch, spreads of the linen of Egypt; I have perfumed my bed [with] myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Come, let us take [our] fill of love making, until the morning let us delight in love. For there is no man in his home; he has gone on a {long journey}. The bag of money he took in his hand, for [on] the day of the full moon he will come home." She persuades him with the greatness of her teachings; with her smooth lips she compels him. He goes after her suddenly; like an ox to the slaughter he goes, and like a stag to the instruction of a fool, until an arrow pierces his {entrails}, like a bird rushing into a snare, but he does not know that {it will cost him his life}. And now, my children, listen to me, and be attentive to the sayings of my mouth. May your heart not turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her path. For many slain she has laid low, and countless [are] all of her killings. The ways of Sheol [are] her house, descending to chambers of death.

A woman of foolishness is loud, simple, and does not know {it}. She sits at the door of her house, upon a throne [at the] high places of town, [in order] to call to those who pass by the road, those who go straight [on] their way: read more.
"Whoever is simple, may he turn here!" As for he who lacks {sense}, she says to him, "Stolen waters are sweet, and bread of secrecy is pleasant." But he does not know that the dead [are] there, in the depths of Sheol [are] her guests.