Proverbs 7:25
May your heart not turn aside onto her paths; 1 do not be led astray onto her paths. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
In Context
24Now, my sons, listen to me; 1 pay attention to the words of my mouth. 1
26She has caused many people to fall down pierced; 1 her dead victims are very many. 1
Cross References
Psalms 119:176I have wandered off like a lost sheep; 1 seek your servant, 1 for I have not forgotten your commandments.
Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far away from her 1 and do not come near the door of her house. 1
Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart after her beauty 1 and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes. 1
Proverbs 23:31Do not look at the wine when it is red, 1 when it sparkles in the cup 1 and goes down smoothly. 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 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 →