He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
Proverbs 7:20 stands in the Proverbs 4 to 7 portion that teaches the importance of giving heed to instruction, as part of a collection of wise sayings giving practical rules for moral and religious duty in everyday duties to family, neighbors, friends, and God. The seventh chapter gives a vivid, truthful account of the strange woman with the attire of a harlot and subtle of heart, and the young man void of understanding who under cover of darkness went the way to her house, lured from the path of virtue. In the verse the seducing woman reassures the young man that her husband has taken a bag of money with him and will not return until the appointed day, making adultery seem safe, and it shows how secrecy and false confidence can draw the inexperienced into sexual sin.
The chapter sets forth the momentary pleasures of the vicious life and its long years of bitter remorse, warning young men against the downward path of sexual sin whose horrible fate and death as its destination are made plain, especially in the chapter's final verse. The passage paints vice and its dreadful consequences in their true colors without making vice attractive, speaking freely and plainly without coarseness so that sin fatal to the health of soul and body appears exceeding sinful. Temptation in some form still lies in wait at every corner, so young men are urged to read and heed the warning in time, turn back, and escape the grievous snares about their feet.
The harlot's path leading to death is also applied to morality enforced by political power, whose hidden chambers contain violence and whose influence spreads revenge, hatred, envy, and division. The snare of luring from virtue is also linked to an unscrupulous landlord who rents premises for the sake of high profits without caring how they are used.
Proverbs 7:20 stands in the Proverbs 4 to 7 portion that teaches the importance of giving heed to instruction, as part of a collection of wise sayings giving practical rules for moral and religious duty in everyday duties to family, neighbors, friends, and God. The seventh chapter gives a vivid, truthful account of the strange woman with the attire of a harlot and subtle of heart, and the young man void of understanding who under cover of darkness went the way to her house, lured from the path of virtue. In the verse the seducing woman reassures the young man that her husband has taken a bag of money with him and will not return until the appointed day, making adultery seem safe, and it shows how secrecy and false confidence can draw the inexperienced into sexual sin.
The chapter sets forth the momentary pleasures of the vicious life and its long years of bitter remorse, warning young men against the downward path of sexual sin whose horrible fate and death as its destination are made plain, especially in the chapter's final verse. The passage paints vice and its dreadful consequences in their true colors without making vice attractive, speaking freely and plainly without coarseness so that sin fatal to the health of soul and body appears exceeding sinful. Temptation in some form still lies in wait at every corner, so young men are urged to read and heed the warning in time, turn back, and escape the grievous snares about their feet.
The harlot's path leading to death is also applied to morality enforced by political power, whose hidden chambers contain violence and whose influence spreads revenge, hatred, envy, and division. The snare of luring from virtue is also linked to an unscrupulous landlord who rents premises for the sake of high profits without caring how they are used.