Proverbs 6:24 {25}
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Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:

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Proverbs 2:16 And forsaketh the guide of her youth,

Proverbs 5:3 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.

Proverbs 7:5 For I looked out of the window of my house through the lattice,

Ecclesiastes 7:26 And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.

Context
Warnings Against Adultery
23That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger. 24Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:25For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.…
Cross References
Genesis 39:8
But he in no wise consenting to that wicked act said to her: Behold, my master hath delivered all things to me, and knoweth not what he hath in his own house:

Proverbs 2:16
And forsaketh the guide of her youth,

Proverbs 5:3
But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.

Proverbs 5:20
The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.

Proverbs 7:5
For I looked out of the window of my house through the lattice,

Proverbs 7:21
Immediately he followeth her as an ox led to be a victim, and as a lamb playing the wanton, and not knowing that he is drawn like a fool to bonds,

Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I have found a woman more bitter than death, who is the hunter's snare, and her heart is a net, and her hands are bands. He that pleaseth God shall escape from her: but he that is a sinner, shall be caught by her.

Lexicon
to keep you
לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ (liš·mā·rə·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

from the evil
רָ֑ע (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil

woman,
מֵאֵ֣שֶׁת (mê·’ê·šeṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

from the smooth
מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת (mê·ḥel·qaṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2513: Smoothness, flattery, an allotment

tongue
לָשׁ֥וֹן (lā·šō·wn)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3956: The tongue

of the stranger.
נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ (nā·ḵə·rî·yāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5237: Foreign, alien


Additional Translations
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the stranger.To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

to keep thee continually from a married woman, and from the calumny of a strange tongue.

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

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the stranger's tongue.

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

to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.

To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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