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Proverbs 5:6
Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].
Proverbs 5:6 · Darby Bible
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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 the lips of the strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;
4 but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on Sheol.
6 Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not [whither].
7 And now, children, hearken unto me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
9 lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel;
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