Proverbs 5:8
Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
In Context
7Heare yee me nowe therefore, O children, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.
9Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:
Cross References
Proverbs 4:15Auoide it, and goe not by it: turne from it, and passe by.
Proverbs 7:8Who passed through the streete by her corner, and went toward her house,
Matthew 6:13And leade vs not into tentation, but deliuer vs from euill: for thine is the kingdome, and the power, and the glorie for euer. 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 →