Proverbs 9:14
For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
King James Version
In Context
13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
15To call passengers who go right on their ways:
Cross References
Proverbs 7:10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 9:14-18
The Invitation of Folly. 13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, 15 To call passengers who go right on their ways: 16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. We have heard what… Read the whole commentary →