Proverbs 5:8
Remove thy way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
In Context
7Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
9lest thou give thine honor to others, and thy years to the cruel,
Cross References
Proverbs 4:15Avoid it. Do not pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
Proverbs 7:8passing through the street near her corner. And he went the way to her house,
Matthew 6:13And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, because from thee is the kingdom and the power and the glory into the ages. Truly.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:2-15
Parental Instructions; Cautions against Sensuality. 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7… Read the whole commentary →