That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
What does Proverbs 7:5 mean?
We must lay up God's commandments safely. Not only, Keep them, and you shall live; but, Keep them as those that cannot live without them.
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Commentary on Proverbs 7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman,.... Nothing has a greater tendency than Christ and his Gospel, and an intimate acquaintance with them, and a retention of them, to keep from all sin, from all fleshly lusts, from the sin of uncleanness; and also from all the errors, heresies, idolatry, superstition, and will worship, of the whore of Rome; a stranger to God and true godliness, to Christ and his truths, the Spirit and his operations; from the stranger which flattereth with her words; See Gill on Proverbs 2:16 ; see Gill on Proverbs 5:3 , and see Gill on Proverbs 6:24 .
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Context in Proverbs 7
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Proverbs 7 belongs to the early movement of the book, especially the section often described as fatherly discourses on wisdom. Proverbs offers compact instruction on speech, work, wealth, friendship, sex, discipline, justice, and wisdom as a way of life before God. Read this chapter with the wider themes of wisdom, fear of the Lord, and speech in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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