"For at the window of my house I looked through my casement," — Proverbs 7:6

Proverbs 7:6 · KJV

“For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,”

— Proverbs 7:6

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words.

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, {the youths: Heb. the sons}

Proverbs 7 — Context

Say unto wisdom, Thou {art} my sister; and call understanding {thy} kinswoman:

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words.

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, {the youths: Heb. the sons}

Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

Cross References

Genesis 26:8

And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac {was} sporting with Rebekah his wife.

Judges 5:28

The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot {so} long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

2 Samuel 6:16

And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.