Proverbs 6:25

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Proverbs 6:25

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Berean Standard Bible

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

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KJV

King James Version

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

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WEB

World English Bible

Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

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Proverbs 6

²³ For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

²⁴ to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

²⁵ Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

²⁶ For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

²⁷ Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?

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