Proverbs 5:6
She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
In Context
5Her feet go down to death, and her steps to the underworld;
7Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.
Cross References
Psalms 119:59I gave thought to my steps, and my feet were turned into the way of your unchanging word.
Proverbs 5:21For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.
Proverbs 7:10And the woman came out to him, in the dress of a loose woman, with a designing heart;
Proverbs 30:20This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.
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 →