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Proverbs 7:8
Proverbs 7:8 is verse 8 of Proverbs chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
King James Version
Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
World English Bible
passing through the street near her corner, he went the way to her house,
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Proverbs 7:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible
6 For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
7 I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
8 crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
9 at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
10 Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 4:14Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
Proverbs 4:15Avoid it; do not travel on it. Turn from it and pass on by.
Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
Judges 16:1One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute and went in to spend the night with her.
2 Samuel 11:2One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
2 Samuel 11:3So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
1 Corinthians 6:18Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
2 Timothy 2:22Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Jude 1:23save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.