Proverbs 5:8

8 Keep your distance from such a woman; absolutely stay out of her neighborhood.

Proverbs 5:8 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 5:8

Remove thy way far from her
The way of the mind, walk, and conversation; keep at the greatest distance from her; neither come where she is, nor look at her, nor converse with her; shun her, as one would the pest or a loathsome carcass; go a good way about rather than come near her, or be within sight of her, or so as to be in any danger of being ensnared by her; and come not nigh the door of her house;
not only not enter her chamber, but go not to her house; no, not over the threshold of the door, nor near the door; but avoid her house, as one would a house that has the plague in it. Men should not go in the way of temptation, trusting to their own strength; they may be entangled and overcome before they are aware; is good to keep out of the way of it. And as it becomes the children of Wisdom to wait at her gates, and at the posts of her door, to gain knowledge and understanding of divine things; so they should not go within the doors of false teachers, nor near them, nor admit them within theirs. It is a complaint against the church at Thyatira, that she suffered the woman Jezebel, the Romish harlot, to teach and seduce the servants of Christ, or connived at their attendance on her, ( Revelation 2:20 ) .

Proverbs 5:8 In-Context

6 She hasn't a clue about Real Life, about who she is or where she's going.
7 So, my friend, listen closely; don't treat my words casually.
8 Keep your distance from such a woman; absolutely stay out of her neighborhood.
9 You don't want to squander your wonderful life, to waste your precious life among the hardhearted.
10 Why should you allow strangers to take advantage of you? Why be exploited by those who care nothing for you?
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