Proverbs 5:6
Perchaunce thou wylt ponder the path of her lyfe: so vnstedfast are her wayes that thou canst not know them.
Bible (Bishops')
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 feete go downe vnto death, and her steppes pearce thorowe vnto hell.
7Heare me nowe therefore O ye chyldren, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:21For euery mans wayes are open in the sight of the Lord, and he pondereth all their goynges.
Proverbs 7:10And behold there met hym a woman with open tokens of an harlot, onlye her heart was hid:
Proverbs 30:20Such is the way also of a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth her mouth [lyke as] when she hath eaten, and sayth, as for me I haue done no wickednesse.
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 →