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Proverbs 5:6
Proverbs 5:6 is verse 6 of Proverbs chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
King James Version
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
World English Bible
She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.
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Proverbs 5:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible
4 in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.
6 She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
7 So now, my sons, listen to me, and do not turn aside from the words of my mouth.
8 Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 4:26Make a level path for your feet, and all your ways will be sure.
Psalms 119:59I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
Proverbs 11:19Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.
Psalms 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
Proverbs 6:13winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
Proverbs 7:10Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
Proverbs 7:11She is loud and defiant; her feet do not remain at home.
Proverbs 7:12Now in the street, now in the squares, she lurks at every corner.
Proverbs 7:13She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
Proverbs 7:14“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
Proverbs 7:15So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
Proverbs 7:16I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from Egypt.
Proverbs 7:17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, with aloes, and with cinnamon.
Proverbs 7:18Come, let us take our fill of love till morning. Let us delight in loving caresses!
Proverbs 7:19For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.
Proverbs 7:20He took with him a bag of money and will not return till the moon is full.”
Proverbs 7:21With her great persuasion she entices him; with her flattering lips she lures him.
2 Thessalonians 2:9The coming of the lawless one will be accompanied by the working of Satan, with every kind of power, sign, and false wonder,
2 Thessalonians 2:10and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.