Proverbs 7:6

Modern

For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

Traditional

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

Literal

For at the window of my house I have looked through my lattice,

Latin

De fenestra enim domus meæ per cancellos prospexi,

Hebrew

English

For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

Young men who are inexperienced and not set in their ways are open to learning. Each foolish act brings them closer to becoming fools.

The young man's father shares a story to explain his lesson about women with questionable morals.

This is the final section in Proverbs 1–9 that warns about the dangers of promiscuous women (see also Proverbs 2:16–22; 5:1–23; 6:20–35).

Theme notes and profiles

Genesis 26:8
When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
Judges 5:28
Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice and lamented: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? What has delayed the clatter of his chariots?’
2 Samuel 6:16
As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.