"In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: {in the evening: Heb. in the evening of days}" — Proverbs 7:9

Proverbs 7:9 · KJV

“In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: {in the evening: Heb. in the evening of days}”

— Proverbs 7:9

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

And, behold, there met him a woman {with} the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

Proverbs 7 — Context

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,

In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: {in the evening: Heb. in the evening of days}

And, behold, there met him a woman {with} the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

(She {is} loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

Cross References

Romans 13:12-14

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

Job 24:13-15

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

Ephesians 5:11

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove {them}.

Genesis 39:11

And it came to pass about this time, that {Joseph} went into the house to do his business; and {there was} none of the men of the house there within.

Exodus 12:6

And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. {in...: Heb. between the two evenings}