Proverbs 5:6
The path of life—lest you ponder, || Her paths have moved—you do not know.
Literal Standard Version
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 are going down to death, || Her steps take hold of Sheol.
7And now, you sons, listen to me, || And do not turn from sayings of my mouth.
Cross References
Psalms 119:59I have reckoned my ways, || And turn back my feet to Your testimonies.
Proverbs 5:21For the ways of each are before the eyes of YHWH, || And He is pondering all his paths.
Proverbs 7:10And behold, a woman to meet him—(A harlot’s dress, and watchful of heart,
Proverbs 30:20So—the way of an adulterous woman, || She has eaten and has wiped her mouth, || And has said, “I have not done iniquity.”
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 →