Proverbs 7:25

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Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 5:8 : 8 Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,
  • Prov 5:23 : 23 He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;
  • Prov 23:31-33 : 31 Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. 32 Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper. 33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the LORD caused the sin of all of us to attack him.
  • Matt 5:28 : 28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
  • Ps 119:176 : 176 I have wandered off like a lost sheep. Come looking for your servant, for I do not forget your commands.
  • Prov 4:14-15 : 14 Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil. 15 Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 5:5-9
    5 verses
    83%

    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.

    8Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

    9lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

  • Prov 6:24-26
    3 verses
    81%

    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 7:26-27
    2 verses
    80%

    26for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many.

    27Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death.

  • Prov 2:15-20
    6 verses
    79%

    15whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;

    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.

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

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

  • Prov 4:5-6
    2 verses
    78%

    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 4:13-15
    3 verses
    78%

    13Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life.

    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.

  • 17Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

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

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

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

  • Prov 7:10-12
    3 verses
    76%

    10Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.

    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.)

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    26Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

    27for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

  • 19Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

  • 24So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.

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

  • Prov 7:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    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

  • 26I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

  • Prov 9:15-16
    2 verses
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    15calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way.

    16“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,

  • 25lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

  • 21Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;

  • Prov 4:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.

    27Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.

  • 33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.

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

  • 33“My, how good you have become at chasing after your lovers! Why, you could even teach prostitutes a thing or two!

  • 2At the top of the prominent places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she has taken her stand;

  • 5I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them.

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