Proverbs 6:24
To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Young's Literal Translation
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 a lamp [is] the command, And the law a light, And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,
25Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.
Cross References
Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And smoother than oil [is] her mouth,
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 escapeth 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 →