Proverbs 6:24

It keeps you from the immoral woman, 1 from the smooth words of an immoral woman. 1

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To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

In Context

23For the commands are a lamp, and the teaching is a light; 1 the corrections that come by instruction are the way of life. 1

25Do not lust in your heart after her beauty 1 and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 5:3For the lips of an adulteress drip with honey 1 and her mouth is smoother than oil, 1

Ecclesiastes 7:26I found that more bitter than death is any woman 2 whose heart is full of snares and nets, 2 and whose hands are chains. 1 Whoever pleases God will escape from her, 2 but the sinner will be taken 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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