Proverbs 5:8
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
King James Version
In Context
7Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Cross References
Proverbs 4:15Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Proverbs 7:8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:2-15
Parental Instructions; Cautions against Sensuality. 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7… Read the whole commentary →