Proverbs 6:24 · KJV
“To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. {of the...: or, of the strange tongue}”
— Proverbs 6:24
For the commandment {is} a lamp; and the law {is} light; and reproofs of instruction {are} the way of life: {lamp: or, candle}
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Proverbs 6 — Context
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and {when} thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
23For the commandment {is} a lamp; and the law {is} light; and reproofs of instruction {are} the way of life: {lamp: or, candle}
24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. {of the...: or, of the strange tongue}
25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
26For by means of a whorish woman {a man is brought} to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. {the adulteress: Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man's wife}
Cross References
Proverbs 5:3
For the lips of a strange woman drop {as} an honeycomb, and her mouth {is} smoother than oil: {mouth: Heb. palate}
Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart {is} snares and nets, {and} her hands {as} bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. {whoso...: Heb. he that is good before God}
Proverbs 2:16
To deliver thee from the strange woman, {even} from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words;
Proverbs 7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words.