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Proverbs 5:6
She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.
Proverbs 5:6 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 5:6 in other translations
Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
She gives no thought to the way of life. Her ways are crooked, and she doesn’t know it.
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In context
3 For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword;
5 Her feet go down to death, and her steps to the underworld;
6 She never keeps her mind on the road of life; her ways are uncertain, she has no knowledge.
7 Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.
8 Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;
9 For fear that you may give your honour to others, and your wealth to strange men:
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