Proverbs 5:6
So that she findeth not the level path of life: her ways are unstable and she knoweth it not.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
In Context
5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol;
7Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Cross References
Psalms 119:59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Proverbs 5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he maketh level all his paths.
Proverbs 7:10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and wily of heart.
Proverbs 30:20So is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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 →