Proverbs 9:13 (BSB)

The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

From Proverbs 9. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 9:13

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 9:13-18: We have heard what Christ has to say, to engage our affections to God and godliness, and one would think the whole world should go after him; but here we are told how industrious the tempter is to seduce unwary souls into the paths of sin, and with the most he gains his point, and Wisdom's courtship is not effectual. Now observe, I.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 9:13: A foolish woman is clamorous,.... Some by this woman understand folly itself, as opposed to wisdom; others blind reason, ignorant of divine things; others carnal sensual pleasure, which entices and draws men to that which is evil; others heresy and superstition; others the old serpent, the devil; she seems to be the same with the strange woman and harlot before described, Pro 2:16, &c.
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 9:13: foolish woman--or literally, "woman of folly," specially manifested by such as are described. clamorous--or, "noisy" (Pro 7:11). knoweth nothing--literally, "knoweth not what," that is, is right and proper.
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 9:13: A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing. (l) By the foolish woman, some understand the wicked preachers, who counterfeit the word of God: as appears in which were the words of the true preachers as in but their doctrine is as stolen waters: meaning that they are men's traditions, which are more pleasant to the flesh than the word of God...