Proverbs 5:8
Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
In Context
7And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.
9Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,
Cross References
Proverbs 4:15Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
Proverbs 7:8Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way [to] her house he doth step,
Matthew 6:13'And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory — to the ages. Amen.
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 →