13A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-18)We have heard what Christ has to say, to engage our affections to God and godliness, and one would think the whole world should go after him; but here we are told how industrious the tempter is to seduce unwary souls into the paths of sin, and with the most he gains his point, and Wisdom’s courtship is not effectual. Now observe, I. Who is the tempter— a foolish woman , Folly herself, in oppositio…
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