Proverbs 7:25
Let not thy heart turn aside to her ways; Go not astray in her paths!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
In Context
24Now, therefore, ye children, hearken to me, And attend to the words of my mouth!
Cross References
Psalms 119:176I wander like a lost sheep; seek thy servant, For I do not forget thy commandments!
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her. And come not nigh the door of her house:
Proverbs 6:25Desire not her beauty in thy heart, Nor let her catch thee with her eyelids;
Proverbs 23:31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly.
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 7:25-27
The Seduction of a Youth. 24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. We have here the application of the foregoing story: " Hearken to me therefore, and not to such seducers ( v. 24 ); give ear to a father, and not to an enemy." 1. "Take good… Read the whole commentary →