Proverbs 5:8

Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 5

“Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:”Proverbs 5:8

What Does Proverbs 5:8 Mean?

Proverbs 5:8 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 5, verse 8 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 14 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (14)

These passages are connected to Proverbs 5:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Proverbs 7:25“Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.”Ephesians 5:11“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.”Proverbs 4:15“Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.”Matthew 6:13“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”Genesis 39:12“And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.”Proverbs 6:27“Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?”Matthew 5:29“And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.”Genesis 39:10“And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.”1 Kings 11:1“But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;”Proverbs 29:3“Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.”Job 21:16“Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.”Proverbs 1:15“My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:”Proverbs 7:8“Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,”Luke 15:13“And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.”

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