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Proverbs 6:24
Proverbs 6:24 is verse 24 of Proverbs chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
Or the stranger
King James Version
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
World English Bible
to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
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Proverbs 6:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible
22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.
23 For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
24 to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
26 For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
Proverbs 7:5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.