Proverbs 6:24
To preserve you from an evil woman, || From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Literal Standard 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
25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, || And do not let her take you with her eyelids.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, || And her mouth [is] smoother than oil,
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart [is] nets and snares, her hands [are] bands; the good before God escapes from her, but the sinner is captured 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 →