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<p id="Chapter7" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>CHAPTER 7
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<p id="Pr7_1"><a onclick="return mV('Pro',7,'1-27');">Pro 7:1-27</a>. The subject continued, by a delineation of the arts of strange women, as a caution to the unwary.
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<p><b>1-4.</b> Similar calls (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',3,'1-3');">Pro 3:1-3</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Pro',4,10);">4:10</a>, etc.).
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<p id="Pr7_2"><b>2. apple...eye</b>—pupil of eye, a custody (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',4,23);">Pro 4:23</a>) of special value.
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<p id="Pr7_3"><b>3. Bind...fingers</b>—as inscriptions on rings.
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<p id="Pr7_5"><b>5.</b> The design of the teaching (compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',2,16);">Pro 2:16</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Pro',6,24);">6:24</a>).
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<p id="Pr7_6"><b>6. For</b>—or, "Since," introducing an example to illustrate the warning, which, whether a narrative or a parable, is equally pertinent.
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<br><br><b>window</b>—or, "opening"
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<br><br><b>looked</b>—literally, "watched earnestly" (<a onclick="return mV('Jdg',5,28);">Jdg 5:28</a>).
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<br><br><b>casement</b>—or, "lattice."
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<p id="Pr7_7"><b>7. simple</b>—as in <a onclick="return mV('Pro',1,4);">Pro 1:4</a>.
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<br><br><b>void of,</b> etc.—(Compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',6,32);">Pro 6:32</a>).
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<p id="Pr7_8"><b>8. her corner</b>—where she was usually found.
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<br><br><b>went...house</b>—implying, perhaps, confidence in himself by his manner, as denoted in the word
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<br><br><b>went</b>—literally, "tread pompously."
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<p id="Pr7_9"><b>9.</b> The time, twilight, ending in darkness.
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<br><br><b>black...night</b>—literally, "pupil," or, "eye," that is, middle of night.
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<p id="Pr7_10"><b>10. attire</b>—that of harlots was sometimes peculiar.
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<br><br><b>subtile</b>—or, "wary," "cunning."
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<p id="Pr7_11"><b>11, 12. loud</b>—or, "noisy," "bustling."
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<br><br><b>stubborn</b>—not submissive.
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<br><br><b>without...streets,...corner</b>—(Compare <a onclick="return mV('1Ti',5,13);">1Ti 5:13</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Tts',2,5);">Tts 2:5</a>).
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<p id="Pr7_13"><b>13-15.</b> The preparations for a feast do not necessarily imply peculiar religious professions. The offerer retained part of the victim for a feast (<a onclick="return mV('Lev',3,9);">Lev 3:9</a>, etc.). This feast she professes was prepared for him whom she boldly addresses as one sought specially to partake of it.
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<p id="Pr7_16"><b>16, 17. my bed</b>—or, "couch," adorned in the costliest manner.
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<p id="Pr7_17"><b>17. bed</b>—a place for sleeping.
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<p id="Pr7_18"><b>18-20.</b> There is no fear of discovery.
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<p id="Pr7_20"><b>20. the day appointed</b>—perhaps, literally, "a full moon," that is, a fortnight's time (compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',7,19);">Pro 7:19</a>).
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<p id="Pr7_21"><b>21. caused...yield</b>—or, "inclines."
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<br><br><b>flattering</b>—(Compare <a onclick="return mV('Pro',5,3);">Pro 5:3</a>).
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<br><br><b>forced him</b>—by persuasion overcoming his scruples.
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<p id="Pr7_22"><b>22. straightway</b>—quickly, either as ignorant of danger, or incapable of resistance.
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<p id="Pr7_23"><b>23. Till</b>—He is now caught (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',6,26);">Pro 6:26</a>).
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<p id="Pr7_24"><b>24.</b> The inferential admonition is followed (<a onclick="return mV('Pro',7,26,27);">Pro 7:26-27</a>), by a more general allegation of the evils of this vice.
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<p id="Pr7_26"><b>26, 27.</b> Even the mightiest fail to resist her deathly allurements.
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