Proverbs 7:11 {12}
Good News Translation
She was a bold and shameless woman who always walked the streets

New Revised Standard Version
She is loud and wayward; her feet do not stay at home;

Contemporary English Version
She was one of those women who are loud and restless and never stay at home,

New American Bible
She is raucous and unruly, her feet cannot stay at home;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.

loud

Proverbs 9:13 Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,

Proverbs 25:24 It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop: than with a brawling woman, and in a common house.

Proverbs 27:14,15 He that blesseth his neighbour with a loud voice, rising in the night, shall be like to him that curseth. . . .

Proverbs 31:10-31 Who shall find a valiant woman? far, and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her. . . .

her feet

Genesis 18:9 And when they had eaten, they said to him: Where is Sara thy wife? He answered: Lo she is in the tent.

1 Timothy 5:13,14 And withal being idle they learn to go about from house to house: and are not only idle, but tattlers also and busy bodies, speaking things which they ought not. . . .

Titus 2:5 To be discreet, chaste, sober, having a care of the house, gentle, obedient to their husbands: that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Context
Warnings about the Adulteress
10Not bearing to be quiet, not able to abide still at home, 11Now abroad, now in the streets, now lying in wait near the corners.12And catching the young man, she kisseth him, and with an impudent face, flattereth, saying:…
Cross References
1 Timothy 5:13
And withal being idle they learn to go about from house to house: and are not only idle, but tattlers also and busy bodies, speaking things which they ought not.

Titus 2:5
To be discreet, chaste, sober, having a care of the house, gentle, obedient to their husbands: that the word of God be not blasphemed.

Proverbs 9:13
Sat at the door of her house, upon a seat, in a high place of the city,

Proverbs 7:10
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