Proverbs 7:7 · KJV
“And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, {the youths: Heb. the sons}”
— Proverbs 7:7
For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
Proverbs 7 — Context
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words.
6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, {the youths: Heb. the sons}
8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: {in the evening: Heb. in the evening of days}
Cross References
Proverbs 6:32
{But} whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he {that} doeth it destroyeth his own soul. {understanding: Heb. heart}
Proverbs 1:22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 9:4
Whoso {is} simple, let him turn in hither: {as for} him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Psalms 119:130
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Proverbs 9:16
Whoso {is} simple, let him turn in hither: and {as for} him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod {is} for the back of him that is void of understanding. {of understanding: Heb. of heart}
Romans 16:18-19
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Proverbs 1:4
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. {discretion: or, advisement}