Proverbs 5:6
The path of life — lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths — thou knowest not.
Young's Literal Translation
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 are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of.
7And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.
Cross References
Psalms 119:59I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
Proverbs 5:21For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.
Proverbs 7:10And, lo, a woman to meet him — (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart,
Proverbs 30:20So — the way of an adulterous woman, She hath eaten and hath wiped her mouth, And hath said, 'I have not done iniquity.'
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 →