25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;
25 Don't lustfully fantasize on her beauty, nor be taken in by her bedroom eyes.
25 Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.
25 Don't lust for her beauty. Don't let her coy glances seduce you.
28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
28 But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
28 But don't think you've preserved your virtue simply by staying out of bed. Your heart can be corrupted by lust even quicker than your body. Those leering looks you think nobody notices - they also corrupt.
28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
28 But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
(Read Matthew 5:27-32)
Victory over the desires of the heart, must be attended with painful exertions. But it must be done. Every thing is bestowed to save us from our sins, not in them. All our senses and powers must be kept from those things which lead to transgression. Those who lead others into temptation to sin, by dress or in other ways, or leave them in it, or expose them to it, make themselves guilty of their sin, and will be accountable for it. If painful operations are submitted to, that our lives may be saved, what ought our minds to shrink from, when the salvation of our souls is concerned? There is tender mercy under all the Divine requirements, and the grace and consolations of the Spirit will enable us to attend to them.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 6:25
Commentary on Proverbs 6:20-35
(Read Proverbs 6:20-35)
The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own nature, of what evil consequence it is, and how certainly it destroys the spiritual life in the soul, we shall not wonder that the cautions against it are so often repeated. Let us notice the subjects of this chapter. Let us remember Him who willingly became our Surety, when we were strangers and enemies. And shall Christians, who have such prospects, motives, and examples, be slothful and careless? Shall we neglect what is pleasing to God, and what he will graciously reward? May we closely watch every sense by which poison can enter our minds or affections.