Proverbs 6:25
Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
In Context
24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.
26For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2Now one evening, David got up from his bed, and while he was walking on the roof of the king's house, he saw from there a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful.
2 Kings 9:30And when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel had news of it; and, painting her eyes and dressing her hair with ornaments, she put her head out of the window.
Song of Solomon 4:9You have taken away my heart, my sister, my bride; you have taken away my heart, with one look you have taken it, with one chain of your neck!
Matthew 5:28But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:21-35
Parental Cautions; Cautions against Impurity. 20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange… Read the whole commentary →