Proverbs 7:25
אַל ־ יֵשְׂטְ אֶל ־ דְּרָכֶיהָ לִבֶּךָ אַל ־ תֵּתַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
In Context
24וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ ־ לִי וְהַקְשִׁיבוּ לְאִמְרֵי ־ פִֽי ׃
26כִּֽי ־ רַבִּים חֲלָלִים הִפִּילָה וַעֲצֻמִים כָּל ־ הֲרֻגֶֽיהָ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 119:176תָּעִיתִי כְּשֶׂה אֹבֵד בַּקֵּשׁ עַבְדֶּךָ כִּי מִצְוֺתֶיךָ לֹא שָׁכָֽחְתִּי ׃
Proverbs 5:8הַרְחֵק מֵעָלֶיהָ דַרְכֶּךָ וְאַל ־ תִּקְרַב אֶל ־ פֶּתַח בֵּיתָֽהּ ׃
Proverbs 6:25אַל ־ תַּחְמֹד יָפְיָהּ בִּלְבָבֶךָ וְאַל ־ תִּקָּֽחֲךָ בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ ׃
Proverbs 23:31אַל ־ תֵּרֶא יַיִן כִּי יִתְאַדָּם כִּֽי ־ יִתֵּן בכיס עֵינוֹ יִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּמֵישָׁרִֽים ׃
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 →