Proverbs 6:24
So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider.
Catholic Public Domain 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 commandment is a lamp, and law is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life.
25Let not your heart desire her beauty; do not be captivated by her winks.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a loose woman are like a dripping honeycomb, and her voice is smoother than oil.
Ecclesiastes 7:26I have examined all things in my soul, so that I may know, and consider, and seek out wisdom and reason, and so that I may recognize the impiety of the foolish, and the error of the imprudent.
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 →