Proverbs 23:28

She also lieth in wait as for a prey,.... At the door of her house, in the corner of the streets, in the dark of the night; laying her snares, and spreading her nets, for unwary persons, to make a…

Another continuous exhortation rather than a collection of maxims. Pro 23:16 The teacher rejoices when the disciple’s heart Pro 23:15 receives wisdom, and yet more when his lips can utter it. Reins -…

Here is good advice for parents to give to their children; words are put into their mouths, that they may train them up in the way they should go. Here we have,

I. An earnest call to young people to…

asfor a prey Better, with A.V. marg., R.V. text, as a robber.

transgressors Better, treacherous. Those whom she seduces become in their turn seducers and untrustworthy in similar relations.

The Evils…