Proverbs 7:15 (BSB)
So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
From Proverbs 7. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Proverbs 7:15
- 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 7:15: I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry,.... Made use of by the ancients (o) for bed clothes: beautiful ornaments, as Gersom; and precious garments, as Jarchi. She had adorned her bed with curtains and clothes, very delightful to the eye, and inviting; and had well corded it, as some interpret it, with cords of fine linen, and all to allure her lovers; she...
- Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 7:14-15: Pro 7:14-15 She laid hold on him and kissed him, both of which actions were shameless, and then, assuming the passivity and modesty befitting the woman, and disregarding morality and the law, she said to the youth: 14 “To bring peace-offerings was binding upon me, To-day have I redeemed my vows.