Proverbs 6:25
Let not the desire of beauty overcome thee, 1 Neither be thou caught by thine eyes, 1 Neither be captivated with her eyelids. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
In Context
24To keep thee continually from a married woman, 1 And from the calumny of a strange tongue. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2And it came to pass toward evening, that David arose off his couch, and walked on the roof of the king’s house, and saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
2 Kings 9:30And Jehu came to Jezreel; and Jezebel heard of it, and colored her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked through the window.
Song of Solomon 4:9My sister, my spouse, 1 Thou hast ravished my heart; 1 Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, 1 With one chain of thy neck. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:21-35
Parental Cautions; Cautions against Impurity. 20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange… Read the whole commentary →