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Proverbs 6:25

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

KJV

Non concupiscat pulchritudinem ejus cor tuum, nec capiaris nutibus illius :

Vulgate

μή σε νικήσῃ κάλλους ἐπιθυμία, μηδὲ ἀγρευθῇς σοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς, μηδὲ συναρπασθῇς ἀπὸ τῶν αὐτῆς βλεφάρων.

LXX

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

ASV

אַל תַּחְמֹ֣ד יָ֭פְיָ/הּ בִּ/לְבָבֶ֑/ךָ וְ/אַל תִּ֝קָּֽחֲ/ךָ֗ בְּ/עַפְעַפֶּֽי/הָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
וֹ
v
noun · 251×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
ךְ
k
noun · 19×
עַפְעַפֵּי
'p'py
noun · 10×
תַחְמֹ֖ד
tchmd
verb · 28×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 2:16 — For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
  • 2Kgs 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.
  • 2Sam 11:2 — 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 beautif
  • 2Sam 11:2 — 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 beautif
  • 2Sam 13:1 — And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
  • 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.
  • Jas 1:14 — But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
  • Job 31:1 — I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
  • Job 31:9 — If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
  • Lev 18:20 — Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
  • Mal 2:15 — And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife
  • Matt 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.
  • Matt 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.
  • Prov 7:25 — Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
  • Prov 31:30 — Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
  • Ps 101:3 — I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.