Proverbs 5:8
Keep your way far from off her, || And do not come near to the opening of her house,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
In Context
7And now, you sons, listen to me, || And do not turn from sayings of my mouth.
9Lest you give your splendor to others, || And your years to the fierce,
Cross References
Proverbs 4:15Avoid it, do not pass over into it, || Turn aside from it, and pass on.
Proverbs 7:8Passing on in the street, near her corner, || And the way [to] her house he steps,
Matthew 6:13And may You not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil [one], because Yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory—for all ages. Amen.
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 →