"Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths." — Proverbs 7:25

Proverbs 7:25 · KJV

“Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.”

— Proverbs 7:25

Verse 24

Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Verse 26

For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong {men} have been slain by her.

Proverbs 7 — Context

Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it {is} for his life.

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.

For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong {men} have been slain by her.

Her house {is} the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

Cross References

Proverbs 5:8

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Isaiah 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. {laid...: Heb. made the iniquity of us all to meet on him}

Proverbs 6:25

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Matthew 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.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 4:14-15

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil {men}.

Psalms 119:176

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Proverbs 5:23

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.