Proverbs 5:8
Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
In Context
7Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth.
9Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel:
Cross References
Proverbs 4:15Avoid it, do not pass thereon—turn from it, and depart.
Proverbs 7:8Passing through the street, near her corner, and, on the way to her house, he sauntered along;
Matthew 6:13And bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.
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 →