Passage Research
Proverbs 5 — Sermon Preparation
A father's warning against the seductive but deadly adulteress whose steps lead to death, paired with a call to rejoice in the wife of one's youth. Below is a research summary for Proverbs 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 23
- verses
- 160 / 125
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 9
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Proverbs 5 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זוּר | zûwr | H2114 | 4 | turn aside, be a foreigner |
| שָׁגָה | shâgâh | H7686 | 3 | stray, mislead |
| פָּלַס | pâlaç | H6424 | 2 | roll flat, prepare |
| מַעְגָּל | maʻgâl | H4570 | 2 | track, rampart |
| תָּמַךְ | tâmak | H8551 | 2 | sustain, obtain |
| נׇכְרִי | nokrîy | H5237 | 2 | strange, foreign |
| מוּסָר | mûwçâr | H4148 | 2 | chastisement, reproof |
How preachers through history handled this text
9 public-domain excerpts on Proverbs 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these destructive vices. But we are not properly united, except as we attend to God's word, seeking his direction and blessing, and acting with affection. Ever remember, that though secret sins may escape the eyes of our fellow-creatures, yet a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, who not only sees, but ponders all his goings. Those who are so foolish as to choose the way of sin, are justly left of God to themselves, to go on in the way to destruction.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Proverbs 5:15–30 (Public Domain)
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