Proverbs 6:25

In 11 translations

BSB

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.Or eyelids or eyelashes

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.

LSV

Do not desire her beauty in your heart, || And do not let her take you with her eyelids.

YLT

Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

DBY

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;

DRC

Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:

GNV

Desire not her beautie in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye lids.

JPS

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids.

LXXE

Let not the desire of beauty overcome thee, neither be thou caught by thine eyes, neither be captivated with her eyelids.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אַל־תַּחְמֹ֣ד יָ֭פְיָהּ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ וְאַל־תִּ֝קָּֽחֲךָ֗ בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ׃

LXX-Br

Μή σε νικήσῃ κάλλους ἐπιθυμία, μηδὲ ἀγρευθῇς σοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς, μηδὲ συναρπασθῇς ἀπὸ τῶν αὐτῆς βλεφάρων.

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Cross-references most cited first

• James 1:14–15But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
• Matthew 5:28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
• 2 Kings 9:30Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
• 2 Samuel 11:2–5One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman. So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This…
• Song of Songs 4:9You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.
• Isaiah 3:16The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—

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