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Proverbs 5:6

Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

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In Context

5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

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Cross References

Psalms 119:59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

Proverbs 5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

Proverbs 7:10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

Proverbs 30:20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

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 →

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