Proverbs 7:25
Let not thy mind be drawn away in her ways: neither be thou deceived with her paths.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Ne abstrahatur in viis illius mens tua, neque decipiaris semitis ejus ;
- Septuagint (Swete)
- μὴ ἐκκλινάτω εἰς τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῆς ἡ καρδία σου·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אַל יֵ֣שְׂטְ אֶל דְּרָכֶ֣יהָ לִבֶּ֑ךָ אַל תֵּ֝תַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ
The Fathers on this verse
The Apostolic Constitutions Book I. Concerning the Laity, Sec. II. Commandments to Men
VII. For let us learn what the sacred word says in the book of Wisdom: “My son, keep my words, and hide my commandments with thee. Say unto Wisdom, Thou art my sister; and make understanding familiar with thee: that she may keep thee from the strange and wicked woman, in case such a one accost thee with sweet words. For from the window of her house she looks into the street, to see if she can espy some young man among the foolish children, without understanding, walking in the market-place, in the meeting of the street near her house, and talking in the dusk of the evening, or in the silence and darkness of the night. A woman meets him in the appearance of an harlot, who steals away the hearts of young persons. She rambles about, and is dissolute; her feet abide not in her house: sometimes she is without, sometimes in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner. …