Proverbs 6:24
To be shomer over thee, keeping thee from the eshet rah, 1 from the smooth lashon of the nokhriyah (strange woman). 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
25Lust not after her beauty in thine lev; 1 neither let her allure thee with her eyelids. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 5:3For the sfatayim (lips) of a zarah (strange woman) drip as a honeycomb, 1 and her mouth is smoother than shemen (olive oil); 1
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more mar (bitter) than mavet the isha, whose lev is snares and traps, and her hands are as chains; whoso pleaseth HaElohim shall escape from her; but the choteh (sinner) shall be ensnared 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 →