Proverbs 5:6
So that she cannot balance the path of life; her tracks are unsteady, and she knoweth it not.
Leeser Tanakh
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
5Her feet go down to death, her steps take firm hold on the nether world:
7And now, O ye children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the sayings of my mouth.
Cross References
Psalms 119:59I have thought over my ways, and made my feet return unto thy testimonies.
Proverbs 5:21For before the eyes of the Lord are the ways of man, and all his tracks doth he weigh in the balance.
Proverbs 7:10And, behold, a woman came to meet him with the attire of a harlot, and obdurate of heart.
Proverbs 30:20Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no 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 →