Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman. New Living Translation It will keep you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman. English Standard Version to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. Berean Standard Bible to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. King James Bible To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. New King James Version To keep you from the evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a seductress. New American Standard Bible To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman. NASB 1995 To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the adulteress. NASB 1977 To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the adulteress. Legacy Standard Bible To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman. Amplified Bible To keep you from the evil woman, From [the flattery of] the smooth tongue of an immoral woman. Christian Standard Bible They will protect you from an evil woman, from the flattering tongue of a wayward woman. Holman Christian Standard Bible They will protect you from an evil woman, from the flattering tongue of a stranger. American Standard Version To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue. Contemporary English Version They will protect you from the flattering words of someone else's wife. English Revised Version To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the stranger's tongue. GOD'S WORD® Translation to keep you from an evil woman and from the smooth talk of a loose woman. Good News Translation It can keep you away from bad women, from the seductive words of other men's wives. International Standard Version to protect you from the evil woman, from the words of the seductive woman. Majority Standard Bible to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. NET Bible by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman. New Heart English Bible to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the foreign woman. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTo preserve you from an evil woman, "" From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Young's Literal Translation To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Smith's Literal Translation To watch thee from the woman of evil, from the smoothness of the strange tongue. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThat they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger. Catholic Public Domain Version So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider. New American Bible Keeping you from another’s wife, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman. New Revised Standard Version to preserve you from the wife of another, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleTo keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated To keep you from the evil woman and from the slander of the tongue of the estranged woman. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917To keep thee from the evil woman, From the smoothness of the alien tongue. Brenton Septuagint Translation to keep thee continually from a married woman, and from the calumny of a strange tongue. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warnings Against Adultery…23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life, 24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress. 25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.… Cross References Matthew 5:28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. James 1:14-15 But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality; / each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, / not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God; 2 Timothy 2:22 Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. Galatians 5:16-17 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. / For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want. Ephesians 5:3 But among you, as is proper among the saints, there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed. Romans 13:13-14 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. / Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh. 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul. Colossians 3:5 Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. 1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. Genesis 39:7-10 and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.” / But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care. / No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?” ... Exodus 20:14 You shall not commit adultery. Leviticus 18:20 You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her. Deuteronomy 5:18 You shall not commit adultery. Treasury of Scripture To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. keep Proverbs 2:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; Proverbs 5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: Proverbs 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. Jump to Previous Adulteress Adventuress Alien Evil Flattery Immoral Keeping Preserve Smooth Smoothness Strange Tongue Wayward Wife Wife'sJump to Next Adulteress Adventuress Alien Evil Flattery Immoral Keeping Preserve Smooth Smoothness Strange Tongue Wayward Wife Wife'sProverbs 6 1. against indebtedness6. idleness 12. and mischievousness 16. seven things detestable to God 20. the blessings of obedience 25. the mischief of unfaithfulness to keep you The phrase "to keep you" suggests a protective action, indicating that wisdom serves as a safeguard. The Hebrew root for "keep" is "שָׁמַר" (shamar), which means to guard, watch over, or preserve. This implies an active vigilance, akin to a watchman on a city wall. In a spiritual sense, it underscores the importance of being alert and cautious, maintaining one's moral and spiritual integrity against potential threats. from the evil woman from the smooth tongue of the adulteress Hebrew to keep youלִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ (liš·mā·rə·ḵā) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to from the evil רָ֑ע (rā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7451: Bad, evil woman, מֵאֵ֣שֶׁת (mê·’ê·šeṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female from the smooth מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת (mê·ḥel·qaṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 2513: Smoothness, flattery, an allotment tongue לָשׁ֥וֹן (lā·šō·wn) Noun - common singular Strong's 3956: The tongue of the stranger. נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ (nā·ḵə·rî·yāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 5237: Foreign, alien Links Proverbs 6:24 NIVProverbs 6:24 NLT Proverbs 6:24 ESV Proverbs 6:24 NASB Proverbs 6:24 KJV Proverbs 6:24 BibleApps.com Proverbs 6:24 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 6:24 Chinese Bible Proverbs 6:24 French Bible Proverbs 6:24 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 6:24 To keep you from the immoral woman (Prov. 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