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**My son.** See note on [Proverbs 1:8](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/8) .
**understanding** =. discernment.

**regard discretion, &c.** Hebrew infinitive = to guard deep counsels and knowledge. Let them mount guard over thy lips. Compare [James 3:8](../../../kjv/james/3/8) , "the tongue can no man tame".

**a strange woman.** Two words are used for "strange" and "stranger": one, Hebrew. *zur,* an apostate Israelite woman gone over to the idolatrous impurities of heathen religion; the other *nakar,* a purely foreign woman of a similar character. The danger is religious rather than moral. Hence here it is *zur.* See note on [Proverbs 2:16](../../../kjv/proverbs/2/16) .
**drop as an honeycomb** = distil honey. The invitations of religious idolatry suit the tastes of the natural man.

**hell** = the grave. Hebrew. *sheol.* App-35 .

**Lest thou shouldest ponder.** Render: So that she findeth not the level path of life; her ways are unstable and she knoweth it not.

**children** = sons.
**words** = sayings. Hebrew. *'imrah.* App-73 .

**door** = entrance.

**years.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for what happens in them.

**wealth.** Hebrew strength: put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for what is produced by it.
**labours.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), for what is produced by it.
**a stranger** = a foreigner. Hebrew. *nakar.* Not the same word as in verses: [Proverbs 5:3](../../../kjv/proverbs/5/3) , [Proverbs 5:17](../../../kjv/proverbs/5/17) . See note above and on [Proverbs 2:16](../../../kjv/proverbs/2/16) .

**obeyed** = hearkened to.

**I was almost in all evil.** The *Beth Essentiae* denotes "in", in the sense of "as" = I soon became as an evil man, &c. See App-75 .
**almost** = in a little while. Hebrew. *kim'at.* Occurs eighteen times ([Genesis 26:10](../../../kjv/genesis/26/10) . [2 Samuel 19:36](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/36) . [1 Chronicles 16:19](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/16/19) . [2 Chronicles 12:7](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/12/7) . [Ezra 9:8](../../../kjv/ezra/9/8) . [Job 32:22](../../../kjv/job/32/22) .[Psalms 2:12](../../../kjv/psalms/2/12) ; [Psalms 73:2](../../../kjv/psalms/73/2) ; [Psalms 81:14](../../../kjv/psalms/81/14) ; [Psalms 94:17](../../../kjv/psalms/94/17) ; [Psalms 105:12](../../../kjv/psalms/105/12) ; [Psalms 119:87](../../../kjv/psalms/119/87) . Psa 5:14 ; Psa 10:20 . [Song of Solomon 3:4](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/3/4) .[Isaiah 1:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/9) ; [Isaiah 26:20](../../../kjv/isaiah/26/20) . [Ezekiel 16:47](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/47) ). It is rendered "almost" only in [Psalms 73:2](../../../kjv/psalms/73/2) , [Psalms 119:87](../../../kjv/psalms/119/87) , and here, where it may as well be rendered "soon" or "quickly" as in [Job 32:22](../../../kjv/job/32/22) .[Psalms 81:14](../../../kjv/psalms/81/14) ; [Psalms 94:17](../../../kjv/psalms/94/17) (margin) It denotes in a little time, as in [Psalms 2:12](../../../kjv/psalms/2/12) ; [Psalms 105:12](../../../kjv/psalms/105/12) (= soon numbered). [2 Chronicles 12:7](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/12/7) (= a little while). [Song of Solomon 3:4](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/3/4) (= a little while; i.e. scarcely). [Isaiah 26:20](../../../kjv/isaiah/26/20) .
**evil.** Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 .

**Let thy fountains.** Septuagint reads "Let not thy fountain", &c. This must be the sense from the context. The Revised Version obtains it by a question, "Should thy fountain . . . ?".
**fountains.** Plural of emphasis: i.e. thine own wife. Compare [Song of Solomon 4:12](../../../kjv/song-of-solomon/4/12) .
**And** = As or nor [thy].
**rivers of waters** = divisions of waters. Hebrew. *palgey mayim:* i.e. thy garden irrigation channels in the streets. See note on [Proverbs 21:1](../../../kjv/proverbs/21/1) .
**streets** = open places.

**thy fountain:** i.e. thine own wife. Compare [Proverbs 5:16](../../../kjv/proverbs/5/16) .
**rejoice with** = get thy joy with. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "in" instead of "with".

**strange** = apostate. Hebrew. *zur* . See note on [Proverbs 5:3](../../../kjv/proverbs/5/3) .
**stranger** = alien or foreigner. Hebrew. *nakar.* See note on verses: [Proverbs 5:3](../../../kjv/proverbs/5/3) , [Proverbs 5:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/5/10) .

**man = a man.** Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 . Illustrations: Cain ([Genesis 4:5](../../../kjv/genesis/4/5) , [Genesis 4:6](../../../kjv/genesis/4/6) ); Babel's builders ([Genesis 11:4-7](../../../kjv/genesis/11/4-7) ); Sodom ([Genesis 18:21](../../../kjv/genesis/18/21) , &c.); Uzzah ( 2Sa 6:6 , [2 Samuel 6:7](../../../kjv/2-samuel/6/7) ; [1 Chronicles 15:13](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/15/13) .[Numbers 4:15](../../../kjv/numbers/4/15); [Numbers 4:15](../../../kjv/numbers/4/15) ); David ([2 Samuel 12:9](../../../kjv/2-samuel/12/9) ); Baasha ([1 Kings 15:29](../../../kjv/1-kings/15/29) . Compare [Proverbs 16:7](../../../kjv/proverbs/16/7) ); Ahab([1 Kings 21:19](../../../kjv/1-kings/21/19) ); Belshazzar ([Daniel 5:22-28](../../../kjv/daniel/5/22-28) ); Nathanael ([John 1:48](../../../kjv/john/1/48) ); The Seven Assemblies ([Revelation 2:2](../../../kjv/revelation/2/2) , [Revelation 2:9](../../../kjv/revelation/2/9) , [Revelation 2:13](../../../kjv/revelation/2/13) , [Revelation 2:19](../../../kjv/revelation/2/19) ; [Revelation 3:1](../../../kjv/revelation/3/1) , [Revelation 3:8](../../../kjv/revelation/3/8) , [Revelation 3:15](../../../kjv/revelation/3/15) ). Compare [1 Samuel 16:7](../../../kjv/1-samuel/16/7) .
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .

**iniquities.** Hebrew. *'avah.* App-44 .
**take** = trap or entrap him.
**wicked** = a lawless man. Hebrew. *rasha, '.* App-44 .
**he shall be holden.** Illustrations: Saul ([1 Samuel 18:8](../../../kjv/1-samuel/18/8) , [1 Samuel 18:9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/18/9) . Compare [Proverbs 24:16](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/16) , [Proverbs 24:17](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/17) ; [Proverbs 26:21](../../../kjv/proverbs/26/21) ; [Proverbs 28:5-20](../../../kjv/proverbs/28/5-20) ); Jerusalem ([Jeremiah 2:16-19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/2/16-19) . [Ezekiel 22:31](../../../kjv/ezekiel/22/31) ); Ahithophel ([2 Samuel 17:23](../../../kjv/2-samuel/17/23) ); Judas ([John 12:6](../../../kjv/john/12/6) . [Matthew 26:47-49](../../../kjv/matthew/26/47-49) ). Compare [Proverbs 23:29](../../../kjv/proverbs/23/29) , [Proverbs 23:35](../../../kjv/proverbs/23/35) .
**sins.** Hebrew. *chata;.* App-44 .

**die without instruction.** Illustration: Saul ([1 Chronicles 10:13](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/10/13) , [1 Chronicles 10:14](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/10/14) ).

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