Proverbs 6:24

Proverbs 6:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
• New International Version (NIV)keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
• English Standard Version (ESV)to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
• New King James Version (NKJV)To keep you from the evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a seductress.

Context of Proverbs 6:24

22Wherever you go in life, their words will be your guide. They will keep you safe while you sleep. When you wake up, they will teach you. 23Their commands and their teaching are like a lamp that gives you light. When they warn you that you are doing wrong things, that helps you to live well. They will keep you safe from any bad woman, so that the sweet words of an adulteress will not deceive you. 25Do not keep thinking how beautiful her body is. Do not let her use her eyes like a trap to catch you. 26If you sleep with a prostitute, that may cost the price of a meal. But if you sleep with another man's wife, you may pay with your life.

Proverbs 6:24 word by word

לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ מֵאֵ֣שֶׁת רָ֑ע מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת לָשׁ֥וֹן נָכְרִיָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• To keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: guardH8104
• thee from the evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• from the flatteryחֶלְקָהchelqâh · smoothnessH2513
• of the tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• of a strange womanנׇכְרִיnokrîy · foreignH5237

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:24

• Proverbs 2:16If you have wisdom, you will not listen to the sweet words of a prostitute. A woman who likes to have sex with many men will not deceive you.
• Proverbs 5:3Do not listen to the words of an adulteress. She promises something as sweet as honey and as beautiful as olive oil.
• Proverbs 7:5If you do that, it will keep you safe from sin. You will not agree to sleep with an adulteress or a prostitute when she speaks sweet words to you.
• Ecclesiastes 7:26I learned this: Some women are like a trap that catches animals. Women like that are more dangerous than death. They may pretend to love you. They may hold you in their arms. But really their arms are like chains. They want to catch you, as hunters catch animals. Women like that will easily catch a man who has turned away from God. But a man who pleases God will escape from them.

Commentaries on Proverbs 6:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24To keep thee from the evil woman - Solomon had suffered sorely from this quarter; and hence his repeated cautions and warnings to others. The strange woman always means one that is not a man's own; and sometimes it may also imply a foreign harlot, one who is also a stranger to the God of Israel.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Evil woman - literally, “woman of evil.” In reading what follows, it must be remembered that the warning is against the danger of the sin of the adulterous wife.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-35Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24-25The immoral woman uses flattering words and physical beauty to attract young men.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. A specimen of its benefit. By appreciating truth, men are not affected by lying flattery.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 6:24

• Adultery
• Chastity
• Children
• Flattery
• Lust
• Women
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Strange Woman
• Hunt
• Lust
• Naughtiness
• Suddenly
• Teach
• Harlot
• Hezekiah (2)
• James, Epistle of
• Proverbs, the Book of

Commentaries on Proverbs 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings