God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 6:24
24to keep you from an evil woman and from the smooth talk of a loose woman.
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
22When you walk around, they will lead you. When you lie down, they will watch over you. When you wake up, they will talk to you 23because the command is a lamp, the teachings are a light, and the warnings from discipline are the path of life to keep you from an evil woman and from the smooth talk of a loose woman. 25Do not desire her beauty in your heart. Do not let her catch you with her eyes. 26A prostitute’s price is ⌞only⌟ a loaf of bread, but a married woman hunts for ⌞your⌟ life itself.
Read all of Proverbs 6Proverbs 6:24 word by word
לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ מֵאֵ֣שֶׁת רָ֑ע מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת לָשׁ֥וֹן נָכְרִיָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 6:24
- Proverbs 2:16⌞Wisdom will⌟ also save you from an adulterous woman, from a loose woman with her smooth talk,
- Proverbs 5:3The lips of an adulterous woman drip with honey. Her kiss is smoother than oil,
- Proverbs 7:5in order to guard yourself from an adulterous woman, from a loose woman with her smooth talk.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26I find that a woman whose thoughts are ⌞like⌟ traps and snares is more bitter than death itself. Even her hands are ⌞like⌟ chains. Whoever pleases God will escape her, but she will catch whoever continues to sin.
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
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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
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