Proverbs 7:25
Let not thy heart decline to her ways. Go not astray in her paths.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
In Context
24Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
26For she has cast down many wounded. Yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
Cross References
Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek thy servant, for I do not forget thy commandments.
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house,
Proverbs 6:25Do not lust after her beauty in thy heart, nor let her take thee with her eyelids.
Proverbs 23:31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly.
Matthew 5:28But I say to you, that every man who looks on a woman to crave her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:25-27
The Seduction of a Youth. 24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. We have here the application of the foregoing story: " Hearken to me therefore, and not to such seducers ( v. 24 ); give ear to a father, and not to an enemy." 1. "Take good… Read the whole commentary →