Proverbs 7:25
Let not thine heart decline to her wayes: wander thou not in her paths.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
In Context
24Heare me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the wordes of my mouth.
26For shee hath caused many to fall downe wounded, and the strong men are all slaine by her.
Cross References
Psalms 119:176I haue gone astraye like a lost sheepe: seeke thy seruant, for I doe not forget thy commandements.
Proverbs 5:8Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,
Proverbs 6:25Desire not her beautie in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye lids.
Proverbs 23:31Looke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleasantly.
Matthew 5:28But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adulterie with her already 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 →