Proverbs 6:24
That they may kepe thee from the euyll woman, and from the flattering tongue of the straunge woman.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
In Context
25Lust not after her beautie in thyne heart, lest thou be taken with her fayre lokes.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:3For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle:
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with 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 →