Proverbs 6:25
Do not lust in your heart after her beauty 1 and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
In Context
24It keeps you from the immoral woman, 1 from the smooth words of an immoral woman. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2So it came about one evening that David got up from his bed and walked on the roof of his palace. From there he happened to see a woman who was bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
2 Kings 9:30When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her eyes, arranged her hair, and looked out the window.
Song of Solomon 4:9You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride; 1 you have stolen my heart, 1 with just one look at me, 1 with just one jewel of your necklace. 1
Matthew 5:28But I say to you that everyone who looks on a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her 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 →