Proverbs 5:8
Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
In Context
7So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
9lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
Cross References
Proverbs 4:15Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
Proverbs 7:8crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. 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 →