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today I have paid my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>I have</i> peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“<i>I have</i> peace offerings with me; Today I have paid my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“The sacrifices of peace offerings are with me; Today I paid my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“I have peace offerings with me; Today I have paid my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“I’ve made fellowship offerings; today I’ve fulfilled my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I&#8217ve made fellowship offerings; today I&#8217ve fulfilled my vows. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"I had to offer a sacrifice, and there is enough meat left over for a feast. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me; this day have I paid my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"I have some sacrificial meat. Today I kept my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"I made my offerings today and have the meat from the sacrifices. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"I have given my peace offerings, and today I fulfilled my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"I have fresh meat at home; today I have fulfilled my vows! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. This day I have paid my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I have peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. Today I have paid my vows. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Sacrifices of peace-offerings [are] by me, "" Today I have completed my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Sacrifices of peace-offerings are by me, To-day I have completed my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Sacrifices of peace upon me: today I repaid my vows.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“I vowed sacrifices for well-being. Today I have repaid my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“I owed peace offerings, and today I have fulfilled my vows; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“I had to offer sacrifices, and today I have paid my vows;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />This day I have paid my vows, I have peace offerings with me;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />There are peace sacrifices today; I have paid my vows,<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Sacrifices of peace-offerings were due from me; This day have I paid my vows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I have a peace-offering; today I pay my vows:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/7-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=1209" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/7.htm">Warnings about the Adulteress</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him: <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8002.htm" title="8002: šə·lā·mîm (N-mp) -- A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering. From shalam; properly, requital, i.e. A sacrifice in thanks.">“I have made my peace</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lāy (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: ziḇ·ḥê (N-mpc) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">offerings;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">today</a> <a href="/hebrew/7999.htm" title="7999: šil·lam·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to be safe; figuratively, to be completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate.">I have paid</a> <a href="/hebrew/5088.htm" title="5088: nə·ḏā·rāy (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- A vow. Or neder; from nadar; a promise; also a thing promised.">my vows.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/7-11.htm">Leviticus 7:11-15</a></span><br />Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD: / If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil. / Along with his peace offering of thanksgiving he is to present an offering with cakes of leavened bread. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-15</a></span><br />“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-24</a></span><br />“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-8.htm">Matthew 15:8-9</a></span><br />‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-6.htm">Mark 7:6-7</a></span><br />Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. / They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-13.htm">Isaiah 29:13</a></span><br />Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught by men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Jeremiah 7:9-10</a></span><br />Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, / and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/33-31.htm">Ezekiel 33:31-32</a></span><br />So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain. / Indeed, you are to them like a singer of love songs with a beautiful voice, who skillfully plays an instrument. They hear your words but do not put them into practice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6-8</a></span><br />With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a></span><br />Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a></span><br />But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/50-8.htm">Psalm 50:8-15</a></span><br />I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me. / I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens, / for every beast of the forest is Mine—the cattle on a thousand hills. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">Psalm 51:16-17</a></span><br />For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. / The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/15-8.htm">Proverbs 15:8</a></b></br> The sacrifice of the wicked <i>is</i> an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright <i>is</i> his delight.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/17-1.htm">Proverbs 17:1</a></b></br> Better <i>is</i> a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices <i>with</i> strife.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/21-27.htm">Proverbs 21:27</a></b></br> The sacrifice of the wicked <i>is</i> abomination: how much more, <i>when</i> he bringeth it with a wicked mind?</p><p class="hdg">this</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/15-7.htm">2 Samuel 15:7-9</a></b></br> And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/21-9.htm">1 Kings 21:9,10</a></b></br> And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/18-28.htm">John 18:28</a></b></br> Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/65-1.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-27.htm">Due</a> <a href="/psalms/59-10.htm">Effected</a> <a href="/proverbs/5-10.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/psalms/94-20.htm">Fellowship</a> <a href="/psalms/65-1.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-11.htm">Home</a> <a href="/psalms/10-7.htm">Oaths</a> <a href="/psalms/116-17.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-35.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Paid</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-9.htm">Payed</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-35.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-16.htm">Peace-Offerings</a> <a href="/psalms/107-22.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/psalms/95-7.htm">Today</a> <a href="/psalms/95-7.htm">To-Day</a> <a href="/psalms/116-18.htm">Vows</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/10-12.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-24.htm">Due</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-7.htm">Effected</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-15.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-27.htm">Fellowship</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-12.htm">Fulfilled</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-19.htm">Home</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-25.htm">Oaths</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-1.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-27.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-11.htm">Paid</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-9.htm">Payed</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-10.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/ezekiel/43-27.htm">Peace-Offerings</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-1.htm">Sacrifices</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-19.htm">Today</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-19.htm">To-Day</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-25.htm">Vows</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-1.htm">Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-6.htm">In an example of his own experience he shows</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-10.htm">the cunning of a harlot</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-22.htm">and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/7-24.htm">He detests such wickedness</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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These offerings were meant to express gratitude, fulfill a vow, or symbolize fellowship with God. The peace offering was unique because it was shared between the altar, the priests, and the offerer, symbolizing communion. In the context of <a href="/proverbs/7.htm">Proverbs 7</a>, the mention of peace offerings may indicate a superficial or hypocritical use of religious rituals to mask immoral intentions. This reflects a broader biblical theme where God desires genuine obedience over ritualistic sacrifice (<a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>, <a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a>).<p><b>today I have paid my vows.</b><br>Paying vows was a serious commitment in ancient Israel, often involving a promise made to God in exchange for His favor or blessing. <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-4.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:4-5</a> warns about the importance of fulfilling vows made to God. In <a href="/proverbs/7.htm">Proverbs 7</a>, the mention of paying vows could imply a false sense of security or righteousness, suggesting that the woman uses religious observance to justify or conceal her immoral behavior. This reflects the danger of using religious acts as a cover for sin, a theme echoed in the New Testament when Jesus criticizes the Pharisees for their hypocrisy (<a href="/matthew/23-27.htm">Matthew 23:27-28</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_adulterous_woman.htm">The Adulterous Woman</a></b><br>In <a href="/bsb/proverbs/7.htm">Proverbs 7</a>, the speaker describes an encounter with a seductive woman who represents temptation and folly. She uses religious language to lure the young man into sin.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_young_man.htm">The Young Man</a></b><br>A naive and inexperienced individual who is easily led astray by the woman's enticing words and actions.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_the_adulterous_woman.htm">The House of the Adulterous Woman</a></b><br>Symbolizes a place of temptation and sin, contrasting with the house of wisdom described elsewhere in Proverbs.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/peace_offerings.htm">Peace Offerings</a></b><br>In the Old Testament, peace offerings were sacrifices made to God, often as a sign of thanksgiving or fulfillment of a vow. They were part of the Levitical law and involved sharing a meal.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/v/vows.htm">Vows</a></b><br>Commitments made to God, often involving a promise to perform a specific act or sacrifice. Paying vows was a serious religious duty in ancient Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_deceptive_use_of_religion.htm">The Deceptive Use of Religion</a></b><br>The adulterous woman uses religious language to mask her true intentions. This warns us against using religious practices as a facade for sinful behavior.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_discernment.htm">The Importance of Discernment</a></b><br>Believers must develop discernment to recognize when religious language is being used manipulatively. True wisdom comes from a heart aligned with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_vows.htm">The Seriousness of Vows</a></b><br>Making vows to God is a serious commitment. We should be cautious and sincere in our promises, ensuring they align with God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_temptation.htm">Guarding Against Temptation</a></b><br>The passage serves as a reminder to guard our hearts and minds against temptation, seeking God's wisdom and strength to resist.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/authentic_worship.htm">Authentic Worship</a></b><br>True worship involves sincerity and integrity, not just outward rituals. Our actions should reflect a genuine relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_proverbs_7_practices.htm">Is there any historical or archaeological evidence supporting the cultural practices implied in Proverbs 7, or is it purely a moral allegory?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_manage_abuse_from_adult_kids.htm">What is the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_a_covenant_marriage.htm">What is a covenant marriage?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_a_godly_husband.htm">What defines a godly husband?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">I have peace offerings with me.--</span>Rather, <span class= "ital">upon me, i.e., </span>I had vowed them, and to-day I have accomplished my vow. The peace-, or thank-offering as it is also rendered, was purely voluntary, in token of thanksgiving for some mercy. The breast and right shoulder of the victim were given to the priest, and the rest belonged to the offerer, who was thus admitted, as it were, to feast with God (Leviticus 3, 7), profanation of this privilege being punished with death. Peace-offerings were accordingly offered on occasions of national rejoicing, as at the inauguration of the covenant (<a href="/exodus/24-5.htm" title="And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD.">Exodus 24:5</a>), at the accession of Saul (<a href="/1_samuel/11-15.htm" title="And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.">1Samuel 11:15</a>), and at the bringing up of the ark to Zion (<a href="/2_samuel/6-17.htm" title="And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the middle of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.">2Samuel 6:17</a>), &c. This turning of what should have been a religious festival for the family into an occasion for license, is paralleled by the desecration of the Agapae at Corinth (<a href="/1_corinthians/11-20.htm" title="When you come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper.">1Corinthians 11:20</a> <span class= "ital">sqq.</span>) and the history of Church-feasts among ourselves. (For the spiritual interpretation of this passage as symbolising false doctrine, see Bishop Wordsworth; and also Notes on <a href="/context/proverbs/2-16.htm" title="To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flatters with her words;">Proverbs 2:16-19</a> above.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - I have <span class="cmt_word">peace offerings with me.</span> <span class="accented">Shelamim</span>, "peace or thank offerings," were divided between Jehovah, the priests, and the offerer. Part of the appointed victim was consumed by fire; the breast and right shoulder were allotted to the priests; and the rest of the animal belonged to the person who made the offering, who was to eat it with his household on the same day as a solemn ceremonial feast (<a href="/leviticus/3.htm">Leviticus 3</a>; <a href="/leviticus/7.htm">Leviticus 7</a>). The adulteress says that certain offerings were due from her, and she had duly made them. <span class="cmt_word">This day have I payed my vows.</span> And now (the day being reckoned from one night to the next) the feast was ready, and she invites her paramour to share it. The religious nature of the feast is utterly ignored or forgotten. The shameless woman uses the opportunity simply as a convenience for her sin. If, as is probable, the "strange woman" is a foreigner, she is one who only outwardly conforms to the Mosaic Law, but in her heart cleaves to the impure worship of her heathen hems And doubtless, in lax times, these religious festivals, even in the case of worshippers who were not influenced by idolatrous proclivities, degenerated into self-indulgence and excess. The early Christian agapae were thus misused (<a href="/1_corinthians/11-20.htm">1 Corinthians 11:20</a>, etc.); and in modern times religious anniversaries have too often become occasions of licence and debauchery, their solemn origin and pious uses being entirely thrust aside. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/7-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“I have made my peace</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁלָמִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(šə·lā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8002.htm">Strong's 8002: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">offerings;</span><br /><span class="heb">זִבְחֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(ziḇ·ḥê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2077.htm">Strong's 2077: </a> </span><span class="str2">A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">today</span><br /><span class="heb">הַ֝יּ֗וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have paid</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁלַּ֥מְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(šil·lam·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7999.htm">Strong's 7999: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my vows.</span><br /><span class="heb">נְדָרָֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(nə·ḏā·rāy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5088.htm">Strong's 5088: </a> </span><span class="str2">A promise, a thing promised</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/7-14.htm">Proverbs 7:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/7-14.htm">Proverbs 7:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/7-14.htm">Proverbs 7:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/7-14.htm">Proverbs 7:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/7-14.htm">Proverbs 7:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/7-14.htm">Proverbs 7:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/7-14.htm">Proverbs 7:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/7-14.htm">Proverbs 7:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/7-14.htm">Proverbs 7:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/7-14.htm">Proverbs 7:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/7-14.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 7:14 Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me (Prov. 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