Proverbs 6:25
Desire not her beauty in thy heart, Nor let her catch thee with her eyelids;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
In Context
24They shall guard thee from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the unchaste woman.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:9Thou hast taken captive my heart, my sister, my spouse; Thou hast taken captive my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.
Matthew 5:28But I say to you, that whoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
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 →