Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 7:25
25Don’t let your heart turn aside to her ways; don’t stray onto her paths.
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 pierces its liver, like a bird darting into a snare — he doesn’t know it will cost him his life. 24Now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words from my mouth. Don’t let your heart turn aside to her ways; don’t stray onto her paths. 26For she has brought many down to death; her victims are countless. 27Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
Read all of Proverbs 7Proverbs 7:25 word by word
אַל־יֵ֣שְׂטְ אֶל־דְּרָכֶ֣יהָ לִבֶּ֑ךָ אַל־תֵּ֝תַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 7:25
- Proverbs 4:14Keep off the path of the wicked; don’t proceed on the way of evil ones.
- Proverbs 5:8Keep your way far from her. Don’t go near the door of her house.
- Proverbs 6:25Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.
- Proverbs 23:31Don’t gaze at wine because it is red, because it gleams in the cup and goes down smoothly.
- Matthew 5:28But I tell you, everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- Proverbs 5:23He will die because there is no discipline, and be lost because of his great stupidity.
- Psalms 119:176I wander like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I do not forget your commands.
- Isaiah 53:6We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished him for the iniquity of us all.
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
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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
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