Proverbs 5:8
Remove your way far from her. Don’t come near the door of her house,
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
In Context
7Now therefore, my sons, listen to me. Don’t depart from the words of my mouth.
9lest you give your honour to others, and your years to the cruel one;
Cross References
Proverbs 4:15Avoid it, and don’t pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.
Proverbs 7:8passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
Matthew 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, 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 →