Read & Study the Bible Online - Bible Portal
John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 5:3

5:3 For the lips {a} of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than {b} oil:(a) That is, a harlot who gives herself to someone other than her husband.(b) By oil and honey he means flattering and crafty enticements. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 5:5

5:5 Her {c} feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.(c) All her doings lead to destruction. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 5:6

5:6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are {d} moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].(d) She has always new means to allure to wickedness. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 5:9

5:9 Lest thou give thine {e} honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:(e) That is, your strength and goods to her who will have no pity on you as is read of Samson and the prodigal son. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 5:10

5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy {f} labours [be] in the house of a stranger;(f) The goods gotten by your travel. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 5:14

5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and {g} assembly.(g) Although I was faithfully instructed in the truth, yet I almost fell to utter shame and destruction nonetheless, by good bringing up in the assembly of the godly. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 5:15

5:15 Drink waters out of {h} thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.(h) He teaches us sobriety exhorting us to live of our own labours and to be beneficial to the godly who want. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Proverbs 5:17

5:17 Let them be only {i} thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.(i) Distribute them not to the wicked and infidels, but reserve them for yourself, your family and them who are of the household of faith. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Proverbs 5:1-23

These chapters begin with reminiscence. A father is reciting to a son the precepts taught him by his father in his youth, and which cover chapter four. Chapter five is a warning against the evil woman. Chapter six deals with suretyship, indolence, malice and violence, while chapter seven returns to the theme of chapter five. In the first-named chapter occurs the beautiful illustration of Hebrew rhythm to which attention was called in Lesson 1; and following it we find in Proverbs 4:18 and... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Proverbs 5:1-23

The Strange Woman Proverbs 5:0 The reason which is assigned justifies the urgency of the counsel. There are unwritten rights between man and man. The wise man by his very wisdom acquires the right to instruct the unwise, and the strong man by his very strength has the right to defend the oppressed. It is not a matter of mere sentiment in either case, but of positive and imperative right. This is the secret of true commonwealth and brotherhood. A reflection mournful beyond all others is that... read more

Grupo de marcas