Proverbs 7:25
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
In Context
24Now therefore, my sons, hearken unto me, and attend to the words of my mouth.
26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, all her slain are a mighty host.
Cross References
Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Proverbs 6:25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Proverbs 23:31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its colour in the cup, when it goeth down smoothly.
Matthew 5:28but I say unto you, that every one that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery 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 →