Proverbs 5:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

Proverbs 5:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 4:26
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
Psalms 16:11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Proverbs 30:20
Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Psalms 119:59
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-14)

Here we have, I. A solemn preface, to introduce the caution which follows, Prov. 5:1, 2. Solomon here addresses himself to his son, that is, to all young men, as unto his children, whom he has an affection for and some influence upon. In God’s name, he demands attention; for he writes by divine inspiration, and is a prophet, though he begins not with, Thus saith the Lord. “Attend, and bow thy ear;…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

6. her ways ... know--Some prefer, “that she may not ponder the path of life,” &c.; but perhaps a better sense is, “her ways are varied, so as to prevent your knowledge of her true character, and so of true happiness.”