Proverbs 5:8

Remove thy way far from her; 1 Draw not near to the doors of her house: 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

In Context

7Now then, my son, hear me, 1 And make not my words of none effect. 1

9Lest thou give away thy life to others, 1 And thy substance to the merciless: 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 4:15In whatever place they shall pitch their camp, go not thither; 1 But turn from them, and pass away. 1

Proverbs 7:8And speaking, in the dark of the evening, 1

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 →

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