[2] Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Live — Thou shalt live.
Eye — With all possible care and diligence.
Verse 3
[3] Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Bind them — As a ring which is continually in a man's eye.
Verse 4
[4] Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
And call — Acquaint and delight thyself with her.
Verse 8
[8] Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
Passing — Idle and careless, near the corner of the street in which her house stood.
Verse 12
[12] Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Without — Without the door of her house.
Corner — Of the streets, where she might either conceal or discover herself, as she saw fit.
Verse 14
[14] I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
Offerings — I have paid my peace-offerings which I had vowed. Whereby she signifies, that she had plentiful provisions at her house for his entertainment. For the peace-offerings were to be of the best flesh, Leviticus 22:21, and a considerable part of these offerings fell to the offerer's share.
Verse 20
[20] He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
Hath taken — Which is an evidence that he designs to stay a considerable time.
At the day — So that we need not fear any surprise.
Verse 22
[22] He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
As an ox — Going to it securely, as if it were going to a good pasture.
Verse 23
[23] Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
His liver — His vital parts, 'till his life be lost.
Proverbs 7 Bible Commentary
John Wesley’s Explanatory Notes
Verse 2
[2] Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Live — Thou shalt live.
Eye — With all possible care and diligence.
Verse 3
[3] Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
Bind them — As a ring which is continually in a man's eye.
Verse 4
[4] Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
And call — Acquaint and delight thyself with her.
Verse 8
[8] Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
Passing — Idle and careless, near the corner of the street in which her house stood.
Verse 12
[12] Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Without — Without the door of her house.
Corner — Of the streets, where she might either conceal or discover herself, as she saw fit.
Verse 14
[14] I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
Offerings — I have paid my peace-offerings which I had vowed. Whereby she signifies, that she had plentiful provisions at her house for his entertainment. For the peace-offerings were to be of the best flesh, Leviticus 22:21, and a considerable part of these offerings fell to the offerer's share.
Verse 20
[20] He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
Hath taken — Which is an evidence that he designs to stay a considerable time.
At the day — So that we need not fear any surprise.
Verse 22
[22] He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
As an ox — Going to it securely, as if it were going to a good pasture.
Verse 23
[23] Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
His liver — His vital parts, 'till his life be lost.