Proverbs 7:25
Let not thy heart, turn aside to her ways, Do not go astray, in her paths.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
In Context
24Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend, to the sayings of my mouth;
26For, many, wounded, hath she caused to fall,—yea strong men, slain wholly by her:
Cross References
Psalms 119:176I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For, thy commandments, have I not forgotten.
Proverbs 5:8Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house:
Proverbs 6:25Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;
Proverbs 23:31Do not look on wine when it becometh red, when it giveth in the cup its sparkle, glideth down smoothly.
Matthew 5:28But, I, say unto you, that, Every one who looketh on a woman so as to covet her, already, hath committed adultery with her, 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 →