John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 9:14

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 9:14 - 9:14

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 9:14 - 9:14

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Pro_9:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Ver. 14. For she sitteth at the door.] In a harlot’s habit, to see and be seen; the guise and garb of harlots. Cicero wittily compareth the Greek tongue to an ambitious strumpet, quae multo luxu superfluat, which overlasheth in too much bravery; but the Latin tongue to an honest and modest matron, cui nihil deest quod ad honestum pertineat mundiciem, that wants nothing pertaining to a necessary neatness. Such a like comparison between wisdom and folly is here made by Solomon.