Proverbs 7:25
Let not thine lev turn aside to her drakhim; 1 go not astray in her netivot (trodden paths). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
In Context
24Pay heed unto me now therefore, O ye banim, 1 and attend to the words of my peh (mouth). 1
26For she hath cast down many chalalim (wounded); 1 indeed, many strong men have been slain by her. 1
Cross References
Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a seh oved (lost sheep); 1 seek Thy eved; for I do not forget Thy mitzvot.
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy derech far from her, 1 and come not near the petach (doorway) of her bais; 1
Proverbs 6:25Lust not after her beauty in thine lev; 1 neither let her allure thee with her eyelids. 1
Proverbs 23:31Stare not thou into the yayin when it is red, 1 when it sparkles in the kos (cup), 1 when it goeth down smoothly. 1
Matthew 5:28But I say to you that everyone looking upon a woman with taavah (lust) for her has already committed niuf (adultery) with her 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 →