Proverbs 7:25
Let not thy mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be thou deceived with her paths.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
In Context
24Now, therefore, my son, hear me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
26For she hath cast down many wounded, and the strongest have been slain by her.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house.
Proverbs 6:25Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:
Proverbs 23:31Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,
Matthew 5:28But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath 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 →