Proverbs 6:25
23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
- KJV
- Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
- WEB
- Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
- ASV
- Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
- DARBY
- Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;
- BLB
- Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her take hold of you with her eyelids.
- ÅB
- Attrå ikke hennes skjønnhet i ditt hjerte? og la henne ikke fange deg med sine øyekast!
- OTB
- Ønsk ikke hennes skjønnhet i ditt hjerte, og la henne ikke fange deg med sine øyne.
- B1930
- Attrå ikke hennes skjønnhet i ditt hjerte? og la henne ikke fange dig med sine øiekast!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
James 1:14–15
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Read in contextMatthew 5:28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
Read in context2 Kings 9:30
And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
Read in context2 Samuel 11:2–5
And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 4:9
Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Read in contextIsaiah 3:16
Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
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