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Proverbs 5:6

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Proverbs 5:6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 5:6

Theological / Devotional

Lest thou shouldest. It is difficult to translate the Hebrew of this verse. For “lest” the ancient versions read “not”. The negative makes the passage clearer. The verse may then be translated, “The path of life she does not make smooth, her ways vacillate, she knows it not”. Lost to the dictates of reason and conscience, the blind, headstrong sinner turns unsteadily from one thing to another (ch. 7:12), but never enters the path of life in which alone can be found present happiness and future salvation.

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