Proverbs 9:13-17 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing. For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To call passengers who go right on their ways: Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanted understanding, she said to him, Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 

‘A foolish woman is clamorous.’ Five facts about a foolish woman: She is clamorous – in continual uproar; noisy; boisterous (9:13; 7:11). She is simple – silly; easily seduced (9:13; cp. 2Tim. 3:6); the opposite of wisdom in Proverbs 9:1. She knows nothing – knows no shame; utterly ignorant and depraved (9:13). No shame in her manner, clothing and appearance. She watches for victims of sin (9:14; Gen. 38:14; Jer. 3:2). Sinners always seek company. She is impudent or bold to call to any stranger and tempt the innocent to sin (9:15-17).

‘Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither.’ One who goes into a woman who behaves like a harlot lacks understanding (9:13, 16).

‘Stolen waters are sweet.’ The foolish woman (9:13) preaches that unlawful pleasures are sweeter than lawful ones. Upon this is built all the adulterous behaviour in the land (9:17).