Proverbs 6:25
Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
In Context
24to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
26For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
Cross References
2 Samuel 11:2At evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful to look at.
2 Kings 9:30When Jehu had come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes, and adorned her head, and looked out at the window.
Song of Solomon 4:9You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride. You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.
Matthew 5:28but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already 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 →