Proverbs 7:25
Let not thy heart turn aside to her ways, do not go astray on her paths.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
In Context
24And now, O children, hearken unto me, and listen to the sayings of my mouth.
26For many deadly wounded hath she caused to fall: yea, very numerous are all those slain by her.
Cross References
Psalms 119:176I have gone erringly astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for thy commandments have I not forgotten.
Proverbs 5:8Remove far from her thy way, and come not nigh to the door of her house;
Proverbs 6:25Covet not her beauty in thy heart, and let her not conquer thee with her eyelids.
Proverbs 23:31Do not look on the wine when it looketh red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it glideth down so readily.
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 →