Proverbs 6:24

to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Berean Standard Bible

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 this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,

25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

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Cross References

Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

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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