Proverbs 7:25

Proverbs 7:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let not your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her paths;

Context of Proverbs 7:25

23Until an arrow pierced his liver [with a mortal wound]; Like a bird fluttering straight into the net, He did not know that it would cost him his life. 24Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth. Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her [evil, immoral] paths. 26For she has cast down many [mortally] wounded; Indeed, all who were killed by her were strong. 27Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 7:25 word by word

אַל־יֵ֣שְׂטְ אֶל־דְּרָכֶ֣יהָ לִבֶּ֑ךָ אַל־תֵּ֝תַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let not thine heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• declineשָׂטָהώâţâh · to turn asideH7847
• to her waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• go not astrayתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
• in her pathsנְתִיבָהnâthîyb nethîybâh nethibâh · pathH5410

Cross-references for Proverbs 7:25

• Proverbs 4:14Do not enter the path of the wicked, And do not go the way of evil men.
• Proverbs 5:8Let your way [in life] be far from her, And do not go near the door of her house [avoid even being near the places of temptation],
• Proverbs 6:25Do not desire (lust after) her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her eyelashes.
• Proverbs 23:31Do not look at wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the glass, When it goes down smoothly.
• Matthew 5:28but I say to you that everyone who [so much as] looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• Proverbs 5:23He will die for lack of instruction (discipline), And in the greatness of his foolishness he will go astray and be lost.
• Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments.
• Isaiah 53:6All of us like sheep have gone astray, We have turned, each one, to his own way; But the Lord has caused the wickedness of us all [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing] To fall on Him [instead of us].

Commentaries on Proverbs 7:25

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-27Verses 6-27 Here is an affecting example of the danger of youthful lusts. It is a history or a parable of the most instructive kind. Will any one dare to venture on temptations that lead to impurity, after Solomon has set before his eyes in so lively and plain a manner, the danger of even going near them? Then is he as the man who would dance on the edge of a lofty rock, when he has just seen another fall headlong from the same place. The misery of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-27The father emphasizes thr lesson: An adulteress may seem attractive, and a relationship with her is tempting, but it will lead to harm or even death.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271-4. Similar calls (Pr 3:1-3; 4:10, &c.).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 7:25

• Harlot (Prostitute)
• Lasciviousness
• Women
• Young Men

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Commentaries on Proverbs 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings