Proverbs 7:10 (BSB)

Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.

From Proverbs 7. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 7:10

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 7:6-23: Solomon here, to enforce the caution he had given against the sin of whoredom, tells a story of a young man that was ruined to all intents and purposes by the enticements of an adulterous woman. Such a story as this would serve the lewd profane poets of our age to make a play of, and the harlot with them would be a heroine; nothing...
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 7:10: She is loud and stubborn,.... "Loud"; not that her voice may be heard, and so be found by those that seek her in the dark, as Aben Ezra interprets it; but rather clamorous, noisy, and talkative, when she has got her gallant with her; pouring out foolish and unchaste words to allure and entice him; unless it is to be understood of her bawling and...
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 7:10: attire--that of harlots was sometimes peculiar. subtile--or, "wary," "cunning."
  • Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 7:10-12: Pro 7:10-12 Finally, the young man devoid of understanding sees his waiting rewarded: like meets like. 10 And, lo, a woman coming to meet him, In the attire of an harlot and of subtle heart. 11 Boisterous is she, and ungovernable; Her feet have no rest in her own house.