Proverbs 6:24

²⁴ keeping you from your neighbor's wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.

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Other Translations of Proverbs 6:24

King James Version

²⁴ To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

English Standard Version

²⁴ to preserve you from the evil woman,Revocalization (compare Septuagint) yields from the wife of a neighbor from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.Hebrew the foreign woman

The Message

²⁴ They'll protect you from wanton women, from the seductive talk of some temptress.

New King James Version

²⁴ To keep you from the evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a seductress.

New Living Translation

²⁴ It will keep you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 6:24

Commentary on Proverbs 6:20-35

(Read Proverbs 6:20-35)

The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own nature, of what evil consequence it is, and how certainly it destroys the spiritual life in the soul, we shall not wonder that the cautions against it are so often repeated. Let us notice the subjects of this chapter. Let us remember Him who willingly became our Surety, when we were strangers and enemies. And shall Christians, who have such prospects, motives, and examples, be slothful and careless? Shall we neglect what is pleasing to God, and what he will graciously reward? May we closely watch every sense by which poison can enter our minds or affections.