Proverbs 5:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 4:15 : 15 Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.
  • Prov 7:25 : 25 Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 `And mayest Thou not lead us to temptation, but deliver us from the evil, because Thine is the reign, and the power, and the glory -- to the ages. Amen.
  • Eph 5:11 : 11 and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of the darkness and rather even convict,
  • Prov 6:27-28 : 27 Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt? 28 Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 25Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

  • 9Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

  • Prov 5:3-7
    5 verses
    81%

    3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil `is' her mouth,

    4And her latter end `is' bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword `with' mouths.

    5Her feet are going down to death, Sheol do her steps take hold of.

    6The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.

    7And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

  • Prov 7:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

    6For, at a window of my house, Through my casement I have looked out,

  • Prov 4:14-15
    2 verses
    79%

    14Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.

    15Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.

  • 8Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way `to' her house he doth step,

  • Prov 6:24-26
    3 verses
    79%

    24To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

    25Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

    26For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

  • Prov 2:16-20
    5 verses
    77%

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

    17Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

    18For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

    19None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

    20That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

  • 20And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

  • Prov 7:11-12
    2 verses
    76%

    11Noisy she `is', and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not.

    12Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --

  • 15My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,

  • 27The ways of Sheol -- her house, Going down unto inner chambers of death!

  • Prov 4:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5Get wisdom, get understanding, Do not forget, nor turn away From the sayings of my mouth.

    6Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.

  • Prov 9:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14And she hath sat at the opening of her house, On a throne -- the high places of the city,

    15To call to those passing by the way, Who are going straight `on' their paths.

  • 29So `is' he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.

  • 5Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.

  • 9Better to sit on a corner of the roof, Than `with' a woman of contentions and a house of company.

  • 24Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

  • 32The wife who committeth adultery -- Under her husband -- doth receive strangers.

  • 17Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated `with' thee, and have hated thee.

  • Prov 5:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17Let them be to thee for thyself, And not to strangers with thee.

    18Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,

  • 3At the side of the gates, at the mouth of the city, The entrance of the openings, she crieth aloud,

  • 5Thorns -- snares `are' in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.

  • 3Give not to women thy strength, And thy ways to wiping away of kings.

  • 14A deep pit `is' the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

  • 10My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing.

  • 27For a harlot `is' a deep ditch, And a strange woman `is' a strait pit.

  • Prov 7:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.

    22He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,

  • 27Incline not `to' the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!

  • 4`Who `is' simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,

  • 24Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than `with' a woman of contentions, and a house of company.

  • 9If my heart hath been enticed by woman, And by the opening of my neighbour I laid wait,

  • 19`And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.