13 So she caught him, and kissed him.
With an impudent face she said to him: 14 “Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me.
This day I have paid my vows. 15 Therefore I came out to meet you,
to diligently seek your face,
and I have found you. 16 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry,
with striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let’s take our fill of loving until the morning.
Let’s solace ourselves with loving. 19 For my husband isn’t at home.
He has gone on a long journey. 20 He has taken a bag of money with him.
He will come home at the full moon.” 21 With persuasive words, she led him astray.
With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 7:13-21
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.