Proverbs 7:25
Don't even think about following her. Don't stray down her road.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
In Context
24So now listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to what I'm saying.
26For she has brought down and destroyed a lot of men; she's killed so many.
Cross References
Psalms 119:176I have wandered away like a lost sheep, so please come looking for me, for I have not forgotten your commandments.
Proverbs 5:8Stay far away from her! Don't go near the door of her house!
Proverbs 6:25Don't let your mind lust after her beauty, or let her hypnotize you with her fluttering eyelashes.
Proverbs 23:31Don't let the look of wine tempt you—how red it is, how it sparkles in the cup, how smooth it feels as it goes down.
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 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 →