15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
15 So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you!
15 so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
15 So now I've come to find you, hoping to catch sight of your face - and here you are!
15 So I came out to meet you, Diligently to seek your face, And I have found you.
15 You're the one I was looking for! I came out to find you, and here you are!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 7:15
Commentary on Proverbs 7:6-27
(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.