King James Version

What Does Proverbs 7:6 Mean?

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

Context

4

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

5

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

6

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

7

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, the youths: Heb. the sons

8

Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
65-67. The reliance on promises (Psa 119:49) is strengthened by experience of past dealings according with promises, and a prayer for guidance, encouraged by sanctified affliction.

Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.

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