| Proverbs 7:1
| My son, keep my words, and lay up my precepts with thee. Son,
| Words. As dangerous temptations always threaten, the same instructions are frequently inculcated. (Worthington)
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| Proverbs 7:2
| Keep my commandments, and thou shalt live: and my law as the apple of thy eye:
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| Proverbs 7:3
| Bind it upon thy fingers, write it upon the tables of thy heart.
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| Proverbs 7:4
| Say to wisdom: Thou art my sister: and call prudence thy friend,
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| Proverbs 7:5
| That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words.
| Thine. But another's, ver. 19. Give thy heart to wisdom, that it may be guarded against impure love.
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| Proverbs 7:6
| For I look out of the window of my house through the lattice,
| Lattice. No glass was used, on account of the great heat. (Calmet)
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| Proverbs 7:7
| And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man,
| Ones. Not in age, but prudence. (Menochius)
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| Proverbs 7:8
| Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the way of her house,
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| Proverbs 7:9
| In the dark, when it grows late, in the darkness and obscurity of the night.
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| Proverbs 7:10
| And behold a woman meeteth him in harlot's attire, prepared to deceive souls: talkative and wandering,
| Attire. Covered with a veil, (Genesis 38:15.) though different from that of honest women. (Calmet) --- The wanton are commonly the most gaudy; nullarum fere pretiosior cultus est quam quarum pudor vilis est. (St. Cyprian, de Habitu.) --- Prepared, etc. Hebrew, "guarded," (Calmet) or "subtle of heart." (Protestants) "who makes the hearts of youths take flight." (Septuagint) (Canticle of Canticles 6:4.) (Haydock)
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| Proverbs 7:11
| Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home,
| Not....quiet. Is not in Hebrew. (Calmet) --- "She is loud and stubborn, her feet abide not in her house." (Protestants) (Haydock) --- Chaste women are guarded in their speech, and keep at home. (Menochius)
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| Proverbs 7:12
| Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.
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| Proverbs 7:13
| And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent face, flattereth, saying:
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| Proverbs 7:14
| I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows.
| Prosperity. Or thy welfare, (Cornelius a Lapide; Tirinus) so great is my love for thee. (Menochius) --- Vows. And therefore I have a feast prepared. People might carry home the greatest part of the victim to eat, if they were clean, Leviticus 7:29. (Calmet)
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| Proverbs 7:15
| Therefore I am come out to meet thee, desirous to see thee, and I have found thee.
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| Proverbs 7:16
| I have woven my bed with cords, I have covered it with painted tapestry, brought from Egypt.
| Cords. For greater ease, instead of boards, (Menochius) or the curtains are hung with precious cords from Egypt. (Calmet)
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| Proverbs 7:17
| I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
| Aloes. Of Syria, (John 19:39.) different from ours, Numbers 34:6. (Calmet)
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| Proverbs 7:18
| Come, let us be inebriated with the breasts, and let us enjoy the desired embraces, till the day appear.
| Inebriated. Protestants, "take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves." (Haydock) --- This passion is a sort of intoxication. (Menochius)
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| Proverbs 7:19
| For my husband is not at home, he is gone a very long journey.
| My. Literally, "the man." (Haydock) --- She speaks thus out of contempt. (Calmet)
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| Proverbs 7:20
| He took with him a bag of money: he will return home the day of the full moon.
| The day. Septuagint, "after many days." Hebrew, "at the day concealed," or when the people will dwell under tents, (Chaldean; Calmet) or "at the new moon," when it does not appear. (Piscator) --- He will not return for a long time, so that we need apprehend no danger from him. (Menochius)
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| Proverbs 7:21
| She entangled him with many words, and drew him away with the flattery of her lips.
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| Proverbs 7:22
| Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds,
| Lamb. Protestants, "fool to the correction of the stocks," (Haydock) or "like a shackle (abs.) for the chastisement of a fool." (Mont.[Montanus?]) --- Interpreters have read different words. (Calmet) --- Sinners who have given way to temptations, are as inconsiderate as oxen, or birds which hasten to their own ruin. (Worthington)
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| Proverbs 7:23
| Till the arrow pierce his liver: as if a bird should make haste to the snare, and knoweth not that his life is in danger.
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| Proverbs 7:24
| Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
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| Proverbs 7:25
| Let not thy mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be thou deceived with her paths.
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| Proverbs 7:26
| For she hath cast down many wounded, and the strongest have been slain by her.
| Her. Solomon gave a melancholy proof of this, as well as David, and Amnon. (Calmet)
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| Proverbs 7:27
| Her house is the way to hell, reaching even to the inner chambers of death.
| Death. There can be no precaution too great, Proverbs 2:18. (Calmet)
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