Proverbs 5:8
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
KJV
Longe fac ab ea viam tuam, et ne appropinques foribus domus ejus.
Vulgate
μακρὰν ποίησον ἀπ’ αὐτῆς σὴν ὁδόν, μὴ ἐγγίσῃς πρὸς θύραις οἴκων αὐτῆς·
LXX
Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;
ASV
הַרְחֵ֣ק מֵ/עָלֶ֣י/הָ דַרְכֶּ֑/ךָ וְ/אַל תִּ֝קְרַ֗ב אֶל פֶּ֥תַח בֵּיתָֽ/הּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
הִקְרַבְתֶּ֨ם
hqrbtm
verb · 283×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פֶּ֖תַח
ptch
noun · 162×
תִּרְחַ֥ק
trchq
verb · 56×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210212.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 11:1 — But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
- Eph 5:11 — And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
- Gen 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.
- Gen 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.
- Matt 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.
- Matt 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.
- Prov 4:15 — Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
- Prov 4:15 — Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
- Prov 6:27 — Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
- Prov 7:25 — Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
- Prov 7:25 — Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
- Prov 29:3 — Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.