Proverbs 7:25
Do not let your mind be pulled into her ways. And do not be deceived by her paths.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
In Context
24Therefore, my son, hear me now, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:8Make your way at a distance from her, and do not approach the doors of her house.
Proverbs 6:25Let not your heart desire her beauty; do not be captivated by her winks.
Proverbs 23:31Do not gaze into the wine when it turns gold, when its color shines in the glass. It enters pleasantly,
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 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 →