Proverbs 7:5-8 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flatters with her words. For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house

‘That they may keep thee from the strange woman.’ The purpose of obeying the eight commands of Proverbs 7:1-4 is to keep one from the strange woman and from the stranger who entices one to sin.

‘Flatters with her words’ – Makes smooth speech. Note her smooth speech in Proverbs 7:13-21. Any form of flattering is a sin and God will cut off all flattering lips (Ps. 12:2-3; Pro. 1:22; 1Thess. 2:5; Jude 1:16).

‘Casement’ – The casement was the latticework to the window which allowed for air circulation (Jdg. 5:28). They had no glass windows at the time.

‘And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding.’ Eight facts about a foolish young man: I saw among the simple, the young man (7:7). He was void of understanding. He did not have the wisdom to discern the evil intended by the prostitute, nor did he have the character and courage to resist her flatteries (7:7). He walked along the street near her corner where she waited for victims (7:8). He went the way to her house. In the night he passed by where she waited on the corner (7:9). He was met by the harlot (7:10). He was persuaded by her to spend the night with her (7:11-21). He went to his doom as an ox to the slaughter, as a fool to his punishment, and as a bird to the snare (7:22-23).

‘Her corner’ -This does not say that her house was on the corner where she met the young man. It only implies that she was in the habit of waiting on every corner for her victims (7:12). It doesn’t mean she had a house on every corner.