Proverbs 6:25
Let not your heart desire her beauty; do not be captivated by her winks.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
In Context
24So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider.
26For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2While these things were taking place, David happened to arise from his bed after midday, and he walked upon the terrace of the king’s house. And he saw, across from his terrace, a woman washing herself. And the woman was very beautiful.
2 Kings 9:30And Jehu went into Jezreel. But Jezebel, hearing of his arrival, painted her eyes with cosmetics, and adorned her head. And she watched through a window,
Song of Solomon 4:9You have wounded my heart, my sister, my spouse. You have wounded my heart with one look of your eyes, and with one lock of hair on your neck.
Matthew 5:28But I say to you, that anyone who will have looked at a woman, so as to lust after her, has already committed adultery 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 →