Proverbs 6:24
to keep thee continually from a married woman, and from the calumny of a strange tongue.
Brenton Septuagint
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 of the law is a lamp and a light; a way of life; reproof also and correction:
Cross References
Proverbs 5:3for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases thy palate:
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find her to be, and I will pronounce to be more bitter than death the woman which is a snare, and her heart nets, who has a band in her hands: he that is good in the sight of God shall be delivered from her; but the sinner shall be caught 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 →