Proverbs 6:25
Don't let your mind lust after her beauty, or let her hypnotize you with her fluttering eyelashes.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
In Context
24It will protect you from an evil woman and the seductive words of a prostitute.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2Late one afternoon, David got up from taking a nap and was walking on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
2 Kings 9:30When Jezebel heard that Jehu had arrived in Jezreel, she put on her black eye shadow, placed jewelry in her hair, and watched from a window.
Song of Solomon 4:9You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride. With just one look you stole my heart, with just one sparkle from a single one of your necklaces.
Matthew 5:28But I tell you that everyone who looks lustfully at a woman has already committed adultery with her in his mind.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:21-35
Parental Cautions; Cautions against Impurity. 20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange… Read the whole commentary →