Proverbs 6 · Verse 25

Proverbs 6:25

Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Proverbs 6:25, King James Version

Proverbs 6:25 in other translations

BSBDo not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
WEBDon’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
ASVLust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
YLTDesire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.
DARBYLust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;
BBELet not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.
WebsterLust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

What does Proverbs 6:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
25. One of the cautions of this instruction, avoid alluring beauty. take--or, "ensnare." eyelids--By painting the lashes, women enhanced beauty.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Neither let her take thee with her eye-lids - It is a very general custom in the East to paint the eye-lids. I have many Asiatic drawings in which this is expressed. They have a method of polishing the eyes with a preparation of antimony, so that they appear with an indescribable lustre; or, as one who mentions the fact from observation, "Their eyes appear to be swimming in bliss."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 6:20-35

The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own nature, of what evil consequence it is, and how certainly it destroys the spiritual life in the soul, we shall not wonder that the cautions against it are so often repeated. Let us notice the subjects of this chapter. Let us…

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Proverbs 6:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אַל\־'al-may notH408
תַּחְמֹ֣דtach.Modyou desireH2530
יָ֭פְיָהּYa.fe.yahbeauty herH3308
בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָbil.va.Ve.khain heart yourH3824
וְאַל\־ve.'al-and may notH408
תִּ֝קָּֽחֲךָ֗ti.ka.cha.khashe capture youH3947
בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ\׃be.'af.'a.Pei.hawith eyelids herH6079

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Cross references for Proverbs 6:25

  • James 1:14-15

    But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

  • Matthew 5:28

    But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

  • 2 Kings 9:30

    And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.

  • 2 Samuel 11:2-5

    And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath–sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

  • Song of Solomon 4:9

    Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

  • Isaiah 3:16

    Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lust.
2Sa 11:2-5; Mt 5:28; Jas 1:14,15
take.
2Ki 9:30; *marg:
So 4:9; Isa 3:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 6:24

    To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

  • Proverbs 6:25

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

  • Proverbs 6:26

    For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

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Proverbs 6:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No codicies su hermosura en tu corazón, ni ella te prenda con sus ojos:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ne désire pas sa beauté dans ton cœur, et qu’elle ne te prenne pas par ses paupières;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Begehre nicht in deinem Herzen nach ihrer Schönheit, und sie fange dich nicht mit ihren Wimpern!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non concupiscat pulchritudinem ejus cor tuum, nec capiaris nutibus illius: