Proverbs 7:25
Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
In Context
24And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And give attention to sayings of my mouth.
26For many [are] the wounded she caused to fall, And mighty [are] all her slain ones.
Cross References
Psalms 119:176I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!
Proverbs 5:8Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,
Proverbs 6:25Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.
Proverbs 23:31See not wine when it showeth itself red, When it giveth in the cup its colour, It goeth up and down through the upright.
Matthew 5:28but I — I say to you, that every one who is looking on a woman to desire her, did already commit adultery with her 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 →