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Proverbs 7:25
25Don’t let your hearts stray away toward her. Don’t wander down her wayward path.
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
23awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart. He was like a bird flying into a snare, little knowing it would cost him his life. 24So listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to my words. Don’t let your hearts stray away toward her. Don’t wander down her wayward path. 26For she has been the ruin of many; many men have been her victims. 27Her house is the road to the grave. Her bedroom is the den 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 4:14Don’t do as the wicked do, and don’t follow the path of evildoers.
- Proverbs 5:8Stay away from her! Don’t go near the door of her house!
- Proverbs 6:25Don’t lust for her beauty. Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.
- Proverbs 23:31Don’t gaze at the wine, seeing how red it is, how it sparkles in the cup, how smoothly it goes down.
- Matthew 5:28But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- Proverbs 5:23He will die for lack of self-control; he will be lost because of his great foolishness.
- Psalms 119:176I have wandered away like a lost sheep; come and find me, for I have not forgotten your commands.
- Isaiah 53:6All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins 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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