5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
5 to keep you from the forbidden
5 They'll be with you to fend off the Temptress - that smooth-talking, honey-tongued Seductress.
5 That they may keep you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words.
5 Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman, from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.
19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
19 My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey;
19 My husband's not home; he's away on business, and he won't be back for a month."
19 For my husband is not at home; He has gone on a long journey;
19 for my husband is not home. He's away on a long trip.
(Read Proverbs 7:6-27)
Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after Solomon has set before his eyes in so lively and plain a manner, the danger of even going near them? Then is he as the man who would dance on the edge of a lofty rock, when he has just seen another fall headlong from the same place. The misery of self-ruined sinners began in disregard to God's blessed commands. We ought daily to pray that we may be kept from running into temptation, else we invite the enemies of our souls to spread snares for us. Ever avoid the neighbourhood of vice. Beware of sins which are said to be pleasant sins. They are the more dangerous, because they most easily gain the heart, and close it against repentance. Do nothing till thou hast well considered the end of it. Were a man to live as long as Methuselah, and to spend all his days in the highest delights sin can offer, one hour of the anguish and tribulation that must follow, would far outweigh them.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 7:5
Commentary on Proverbs 7:1-5
(Read Proverbs 7:1-5)
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. Those that blame strict and careful walking as needless and too precise, consider not that the law is to be kept as the apple of the eye; indeed the law in the heart is the eye of the soul. Let the word of God dwell in us, and so be written where it will be always at hand to be read. Thus we shall be kept from the fatal effects of our own passions, and the snares of Satan. Let God's word confirm our dread of sin, and resolutions against it.