Proverbs 5:8
Remove far from her thy way, and come not nigh to the door of her house;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
In Context
7And now, O ye children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the sayings of my mouth.
9That thou mayest not give up unto others thy vigor, and thy years unto the cruel;
Cross References
Proverbs 4:15Avoid it, pass not through by it, turn off from it, and pass away.
Proverbs 7:8He was passing through the market-place near her corner; and he stepped along on the way to her house,
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 →