Lux Domini
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

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Interpretation

Solomon cautions all young men, as his children, to abstain from fleshly lusts. Some, by the adulterous woman, here understand idolatry, false doctrine, which tends to lead astray men's minds and manners; but the direct view is to warn against seventh-commandment sins.

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This thought runs through Proverbs 5:5-7.