The Meaning of Proverbs 7:25 Explained

Proverbs 7:25

KJV: Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

YLT: Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

Darby: Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths:

ASV: Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Let not thine heart  decline  to her ways,  go not astray  in her paths. 

What does Proverbs 7:25 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 7

1  Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom
6  In an example of his own experience he shows
10  the cunning of a harlot
22  and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton
24  He detests such wickedness

What do the individual words in Proverbs 7:25 mean?

Not do let turn aside to her ways your heart do stray into her paths
אַל־ יֵ֣שְׂטְ אֶל־ דְּרָכֶ֣יהָ לִבֶּ֑ךָ תֵּ֝תַע בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ

יֵ֣שְׂטְ  do  let  turn  aside 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂטָה  
Sense: to turn aside, go aside, turn, decline.
דְּרָכֶ֣יהָ  her  ways 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
לִבֶּ֑ךָ  your  heart 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: לֵב 
Sense: inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.
תֵּ֝תַע  do  stray 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect Jussive, third person feminine singular
Root: תָּעָה  
Sense: to err, wander, go astray, stagger.
בִּנְתִיבוֹתֶֽיהָ  into  her  paths 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: נָתִיב 
Sense: trodden with the feet, path, pathway.