Proverbs 9:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

Proverbs 9:13 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 7:11
(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
Proverbs 5:6
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
1 Timothy 6:4
He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
Proverbs 21:19
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Proverbs 21:9
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

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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 opposition…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13. foolish woman--or literally, “woman of folly,” specially manifested by such as are described. clamorous--or, “noisy” (Pr 7:11). knoweth nothing--literally, “knoweth not what,” that is, is right and proper.