Proverbs 5:8
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
In Context
7Now therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
9Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:15Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it.
Proverbs 7:8Who passeth through the street by the corner, and goeth nigh the way of her house.
Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.
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 →