Proverbs 6:24

To guard thee against a bad woman, from the flattery of an alien tongue.

Leeser Tanakh

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 the way of life are the admonitions of correction:

25Covet not her beauty in thy heart, and let her not conquer thee with her eyelids.

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Cross References

Proverbs 5:3For as of fine honey drop the lips of an adulterous woman, and smoother than oil is her palate;

Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find as more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are bonds: he that is deemed good before God will escape from her; but the sinner will 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 →

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