Proverbs 7:25
Let not yours heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
In Context
24Hearken unto me now therefore, O all of you children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
26For she has cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Cross References
Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments.
Proverbs 5:8Remove your way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Proverbs 6:25Lust not after her beauty in yours heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.
Proverbs 23:31Look not you upon the wine when it is red, when it gives his colour in the cup, when it moves itself aright.
Matthew 5:28But I say unto you, That whosoever looks on a woman to lust after her has 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 →