Proverbs 6:24

to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the stranger's tongue.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

In Context

23For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

25Do not lust after her beauty in thy heart, nor let her take thee with her eyelids.

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Cross References

Proverbs 5:3For the lips of an interloping woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil.

Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are chains. He who pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:21-35

Parental Cautions; Cautions against Impurity. 20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange… Read the whole commentary →

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