Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 7:25
25Do not let your heart turn to her ways or 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
23till an arrow pierces its liver. Like a bird darting into a snare, he never considered his own soul! 24Now then, sons, listen to me, pay attention to the words of my mouth. Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray onto her paths. 26For many are the victims she has brought down, and numerous are all her slain. 27Her house is a highway to Sheol, leading down 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 4:14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil people.
- Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far from her and do not go near the door of her house—
- Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyelids.
- Proverbs 23:31Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it glides down smoothly.
- Matthew 5:28But I tell you that everyone who looks upon a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
- Proverbs 5:23He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
- Psalms 119:176I have strayed like a lost sheep— seek Your servant. For I did not forget Your mitzvot.
- Isaiah 53:6We all like sheep have gone astray. Each of us turned to his own way. So Adonai has laid on Him 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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