Proverbs 5:8
Keep your path far away from her 1 and do not come near the door of her house. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
In Context
7Now, my sons, listen to me; 1 do not turn away from listening to the words of my mouth. 1
9In that way you will not give away your honor to others 1 or years of your life to a cruel person; 1
Cross References
Proverbs 4:15Avoid it, do not go on it; 1 turn away from it and go another way. 1
Proverbs 7:8That young man passed down the street near her corner, 1 and he went toward her house. 1
Matthew 6:13Do not bring us into temptation, 2 but deliver us from the evil one.' + 6:13 The best ancient copies omit 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 →