Proverbs 6:25 “Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with…”

Proverbs 6:25

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Desire not her beautie in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye lids.

Darby Translation

Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids;

Young's Literal Translation

Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

Bible in Basic English

Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

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Cross references

“Lust”

Matthew 5:28 2 Samuel 11:2–5 James 1:14 James 1:15

Matthew 5:28 · BSB

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

2 Samuel 11:2–5 · BSB

One 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.

James 1:14 · BSB

But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.

James 1:15 · BSB

Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

“take”

2 Kings 9:30 Song of Solomon 4:9 Isaiah 3:16

2 Kings 9:30 · BSB

Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.

Song of Solomon 4:9 · BSB

You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.

Isaiah 3:16 · BSB

The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles—

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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