Proverbs 7:25

7:24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

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Don’t let your heart turn to her ways. Don’t go astray in her paths,

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Let not your heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

7:26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

What does Proverbs 7:25 mean?

Proverbs 7:25 is a verse in the book of Proverbs, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include לֵב (lêb), שָׂטָה (sâṭâh), דֶּרֶךְ (derek). It connects to 11 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

Let

not

thine

heartלֵבlêb/labe/H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

declineשָׂטָהsâṭâh/saw-taw'/H7847to deviate from duty

her

ways,דֶּרֶךְderek/deh'-rek/H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

not

astrayתָּעָהtâʻâh/taw-aw'/H8582to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both

her

paths.נָתִיבnâthîyb/naw-theeb'/H5410a (beaten) track

Commentary on Proverbs 7:25

HENRY_FULL · Proverbs 7:25

escended chiefly on David, who is therefore styled "the sweet psalmist of Israel," yet God put some of that Spirit upon those about him. This is a psalm of great use; it gives us an account of the conflict which the psalmist had with a strong temptation to envy the prosperity of wicked people. He begins his account with a sacred principle, which he held fast, and by the help of which he kept his ground and carried his point, ver. 1 . He then tells us, I. How he got into the temptation, ver. 2-14 . II. How he got out of the temptation and gained a victory over it, ver. 15-20 . III. How he got by the temptation and was the better for it, ver. 21-23 . If, in singing this psalm, we fortify ourselves against the life temptation, we do not use it in vain. The experiences of others should be our instructions. God's Goodness to His People; Unsanctified Prosperity. 1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. 2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Joshua 24:15

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

1 Samuel 2:9

He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

1 Samuel 12:23

Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: in: Heb. from

1 Chronicles 22:7

And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:

Job 12:5

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

Job 21:4

As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? troubled: Heb. shortened?

Proverbs 5:7

Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 17:5

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. unpunished: Heb. held innocent

Proverbs 17:15

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

Romans 7:23

But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.

Romans 7:24

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? the body: or, this body of death

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Proverbs 7:25.

1 Samuel 4:13

And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

Jeremiah 18:15

Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;

Proverbs 23:26

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Frequently asked questions

What does Proverbs 7:25 say?

Proverbs 7:25 (King James Version) reads: "Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths."

Is Proverbs 7:25 in the Old or New Testament?

Proverbs 7:25 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Proverbs.

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