8But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
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My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. …
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-12)Here is, I. A most shameful instance of impudence and immodesty in Joseph’s mistress, the shame and scandal of her sex, perfectly lost to all virtue and honour, and not to be mentioned, nor thought of, without the utmost indignation. It was well that she was an Egyptian; for we must have shared in the confusion if such folly had been found in Israel. Observe, I. Her sin began in the eye: She cast…
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