Proverbs 6:25Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
The setting
Ancient Israel, ~950 BC. A father teaches his son that the battle for purity begins in the mind, not the bedroom, in Jerusalem, Israel
The emotion here: desperate fatherly protection, knowing this destroys marriages and destinies
The original word
chamad (חָמַד) — to desire what belongs to another, the same word used in the tenth commandment
Why it matters
Ancient Hebrew culture understood that the eyes were the 'gateway to the heart' — what you look at shapes what you become
Read with care
What most readers miss in Proverbs 6:25
The phrase 'captivate you with her eyelids' refers to deliberate seductive glances — she's hunting
Common misconceptionPeople think this is about avoiding all attraction to beauty, but it's specifically about cultivating lust for what belongs to another.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Proverbs 6:25
Bible Genome reading
Proverbs 6:25 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Proverbs 6:25 comes from the book of Proverbs, written during the Divided Kingdom period. The dominant emotion in this verse is deciding, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is commanding. It belongs to the teaching genre of biblical literature. Key themes include sexual purity, heart guard. Notable phrases: don't lust after her beauty. This verse contains a command.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same deciding
“"You shall have no other gods before me.”
— Deuteronomy 5:7
“"You shall not murder.”
— Exodus 20:13
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
— Matthew 23:12
“For God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.”
— 2 Timothy 1:7
“But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!"”
— Acts 3:6
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