Proverbs 5:6
She doesn't follow the path that leads to life—she wanders away and doesn't even know she's lost.
Free Bible Version
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
5She leads you down to death; she takes you down to the grave.
7Now, my son, listen to me; don't reject what I have taught you.
Cross References
Psalms 119:59As I think about my life, I turn to follow what you have said.
Proverbs 5:21For the Lord sees everything people do, the Lord investigates everywhere they go.
Proverbs 7:10Then out came a woman to meet him. She was dressed as a prostitute and had deceptive intentions.
Proverbs 30:20This is the way of a woman who commits adultery: she eats, she wipes her mouth, and then says, “I haven't done anything wrong!”
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 →