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Proverbs 6:25
Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.
Proverbs 6:25 · Bible in Basic English
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Proverbs 6:25 in other translations
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
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In context
22 In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.
23 For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.
24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.
25 Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.
26 For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.
27 May a man take fire to his breast without burning his clothing?
28 Or may one go on lighted coals, and his feet not be burned?
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