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Warnings about the Adulteress

Proverbs 7:25

In 11 translations

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.
LSV
Do not let your heart turn to her ways, || Do not wander in her paths,
YLT
Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,
DBY
Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:
DRC
Let not thy mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be thou deceived with her paths.
GNV
Let not thine heart decline to her wayes: wander thou not in her paths.
JPS
Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
LXXE
Let not thine heart turn aside to her ways:Alex. + 'and stray not in her paths.'

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Original-language editions

WLC
אַל־יֵ֣שְׂטְ אֶל־דְּרָכֶ֣יהָ לִבֶּ֑ךָ אַל־תֵּ֝תַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ׃
LXX-Br
Μὴ ἐκκλινάτω εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἡ καρδία σου,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
  • Proverbs 6:25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
  • Isaiah 53:6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
  • 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.
  • Psalms 119:176I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
  • Proverbs 5:23He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
  • Proverbs 4:14–15Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
  • Proverbs 23:31–33Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper. Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.

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