Proverbs 5:6

Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. LEST THOU SHOULDEST PONDER THE PATH OF LIFE, HER WAYS ARE MOVEABLE, (THAT) THOU CANST NOT KNOW (THEM). "Lest" expresses this-Her aim and tendency are toward death (), so that thou canst not ponder the path of life (as I advised thee to do, ): do not, therefore, flatter thyself thou canst escape being dragged down with her "to death," if thou dost keep company with her. 'Her ways are so moveable' - i:e., so versatile, varied (Proverbs 30:18), and lubricous, and baffling all thy power of 'knowing them' (cf. , "at unawares;...

1-14 Solomon cautions all young men, as his children, to abstain from fleshly lusts. Some, by the adulterous woman, here understand idolatry, false doctrine, which tends to lead astray men's minds and manners; but the direct view is to warn against seventh-commandment sins. Often these have been, and still are, Satan's method of drawing men from the worship of God into false religion. Consider how fatal the consequences; how bitter the fruit! Take it any way, it wounds. It leads to the torments of hell. The direct tendency of this sin is to the destruction of body and soul. We must carefully avoid every thing which may be a step towards it. Those who would be kept from harm, must keep out of harm's way. If we thrust ourselves into temptation we mock God when we pray, Lead us not into temptation. How many mischiefs attend this sin! It blasts the reputation; it wastes time; it ruins the e...

Verse Proverbs 5:6. _LEST THOU SHOULDEST PONDER_] To prevent thee from reflecting on thy present conduct, and its consequences, _her ways_ _are moveable _- she continually varies her allurements. _THOU CANST NOT KNOW THEM._] It is impossible to conceive all her tricks and wiles: to learn these in all their varieties, is a part of the _science_ first taught in that infernal trade....

Or (with the Septuagint and Vulgate), Lest she should ponder (or “She ponders not”) the way of life, her paths move to and fro (unsteady as an earthquake); she knows not. The words describe with a terrible vividness the state of heart and soul which prostitution brings upon its victims; the reckless blindness that will not think, tottering on the abyss, yet loud in its defiant mirth, ignoring the dreadful future....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 5:1 8. _Eighth admonitory discourse. Warning against adultery, and commendation of marriage. _The teacher, in this discourse, recurs to a subject which he has glanced at before in Proverbs 2:15, and which he again treats of in the latter part of the sixth and in the whole of the seventh chapters. This constant recurrence to the same subject, repulsive on account of its associations, shows, however, the importance which it had in the teacher's estimation as a ground of warning, and that he ranked it among the foremost of the temptations and sins which called the young off from the pursuit of Wisdom, and so led them astray from "the fear of the Lord." The vividness with which the ruin, bodily and moral, ensuing with absolute certainty on a

LEST THOU SHOULDEST PONDER THE PATH OF LIFE,.... Consider and meditate which is the way to get out of her hands and ways, and escape death, and obtain eternal life; lest those she has drawn into her wicked course of life should be religiously inclined, and think of quitting such a course, and inquire after the way of life and salvation; and be weighing in their minds which is most eligible, to continue with her whose feet lead to death, or to take the path of life: to prevent all this, if possible, HER WAYS ARE MOVABLE: she appears in different shapes; changes her dress and habitation; makes use of a thousand arts to ensnare men, to entangle their affections, and retain them in her nets; she first puts them upon one thing, and then on another; she leads them into various mazes and labyrinths of sin, till they have lost all sense of religion, and sight of the path of life; [THAT] THOU C...

CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Shun the strange woman and sinful passion (Proverbs 5:1)_ 2. The life of chastity (Proverbs 5:15) Proverbs 5:1. It is a warning against literal fornication and the accompanying spiritual fornication, turning away from the worship of Jehovah and worshipping idols. The dreadful results of sinful lust are vividly described. How many a young man has found out the truth as given in these words in his licentious life. _ And thou mourn at thy latter end_ When thy flesh and thy body are consumed. Solomon received these repeated warnings, yet after great prosperity and honor came to him, and his glory spread in every direction like many a rich and successful man o

PROVERBS 5:1; PROVERBS 5:10; PROVERBS 5:20. Three hortatory discourses exactly similar to those in Proverbs 5:2 and Proverbs 5:3. The subject is the praise of Wisdom, and the description of the blessings she confers. PROVERBS 5:3 F. One of the few passages referring to Heb. educational methods (pp. 109f.). Instruction is oral, given by the father or the mother (Proverbs 1:8

LEST THOU SHOULDEST PONDER. Render: So that she findeth not the level path of life; her ways are unstable and she knoweth it not....

_Lest thou shouldest ponder_ The rendering of A.V. or of R.V. marg. (_Lest thou find the level path_, or, _Lest thou weigh carefully the path_) is to be preferred to R.V. text which connects the words with the preceding verse and makes them refer to the strange woman: _so that she findeth not the level path of life_. Having described in Proverbs 5:5 the end to which her ways lead, the wise Teacher in this verse unveils the artful versatility with which she allures her victims from the plain path of life, and keeps them from the reflection which might lead them to return to it. _thou canst not know_them] So R.V. marg., but R.V. text, making the strange woman still the subject, _she knoweth it not_, Comp. Psalms 35:8, where the same Heb. expression is rendered "at unawares." See for th