Bible Strands
Proverbs 9:15
calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The woman seated at the door of her house in the heights of the city extends her call to men walking past her location.
The words — The Hebrew קְרֹא (q.Ro') denotes a public call out, while מְיַשְּׁרִים (m.ya.she.Rim) describes those who claim to make their paths straight.
The thread — The warning against straying into her paths appears in Proverbs 7:25, while Proverbs 23:27 compares her ways to a deep pit and narrow well, and Proverbs 7:13 records her seizing and kissing a passerby.
Why it lands — The text presents a direct challenge to evaluate whether those who claim to walk straight are actually following a safe route or a deceptive one.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
Cross-references
- Proverbs 7:25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.
- Proverbs 23:27 For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
- Proverbs 7:13 She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him: