Proverbs 5:8

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:15 : 15 Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.
  • Prov 7:25 : 25 Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
  • Eph 5:11 : 11 Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
  • Prov 6:27-28 : 27 Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes? 28 Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

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  • Prov 7:25
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

  • Prov 5:9
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    9lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

  • Prov 5:3-7
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    3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,

    4but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

    5Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.

    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

    7So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak.

  • Prov 7:5-6
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    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

    6For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out

  • Prov 4:14-15
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    14Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

    15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

  • Prov 7:8
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    8He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

    25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

    26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

  • Prov 2:16-20
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    16to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;

    17who leaves the husband from her younger days, and has ignored her marriage covenant made before God.

    18For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits.

    19None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.

    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 5:20
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    20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

  • Prov 7:11-12
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    11(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home–

    12at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • Prov 7:27
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    27Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.

  • Prov 4:5-6
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    5Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

    6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

  • Prov 9:14-15
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    14And she has sat down at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

    15calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way.

  • Prov 6:29
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    29So it is with the one who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.

  • Mic 7:5
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    5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Even with the one who lies in your arms, do not share secrets!

  • Prov 21:9
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    9It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Prov 25:17
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    17Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

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    17Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you.

    18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife you married in your youth–

  • Prov 8:3
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    3beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out:

  • Prov 22:5
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    5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.

  • Prov 31:3
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    3Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which ruins kings.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.

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    10Admonition to Avoid Easy but Unjust Riches My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!

  • Prov 23:27
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    27for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

  • Prov 7:21-22
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    21She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.

    22Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare

  • Prov 4:27
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    27Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.

  • Prov 9:4
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    4“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,

  • Prov 25:24
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    24It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife.

  • Job 31:9
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    9If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor’s door,

  • Lev 18:19
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    19“‘You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity to have sexual relations with her.