Proverbs 7:25
23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.
- KJV
- Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
- WEB
- Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths,
- ASV
- Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.
- DARBY
- Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:
- BLB
- Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, do not stray into her paths.
- ÅB
- La ikke ditt hjerte vende seg til hennes veier, forvill deg ikke inn på hennes stier!
- OTB
- La ikke ditt hjerte vende seg til hennes veier, vandre ikke inn på hennes stier.
- B1930
- La ikke ditt hjerte vende sig til hennes veier, forvill dig ikke inn på hennes stier!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 5:8
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Read in contextIsaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Read in contextProverbs 6:25
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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 contextPsalms 119:176
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Read in contextProverbs 5:23
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Read in contextProverbs 23:31–33
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
Read in contextProverbs 4:14–15
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
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