Proverbs 5:9
9. thine honour—in whatever consisting, strength (Pr 3:13) or wealth.
thy years—by cutting them off in dissipation. unto the cruel—for such the sensual are apt to become. Proverbs 7:22
22. straightway—quickly, either as ignorant of danger, or incapable of resistance.
Proverbs 7:27
26, 27. Even the mightiest fail to resist her deathly allurements.
Hosea 4:11
11. A moral truth applicable to all times. The special reference here is to the licentious orgies connected with the Syrian worship, which lured Israel away from the pure worship of God (Isa 28:1, 7; Am 4:1).
take away the heart—that is, the understanding; make men blind to their own true good (Ec 7:7).
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