Proverbs 6:24
Strong's Lexicon
to keep you
לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ (liš·mā·rə·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8104: 1) to keep, guard, observe, give heed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to keep, have charge of 1a2) to keep, guard, keep watch and ward, protect, save life 1a2a) watch, watchman (participle) 1a3) to watch for, wait for 1a4) to watch, observe 1a5) to keep, retain, treasure up (in memory) 1a6) to keep (within bounds), restrain 1a7) to observe, celebrate, keep (sabbath or covenant or commands), perform (vow) 1a8) to keep, preserve, protect 1a9) to keep, reserve 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be on one's guard, take heed, take care, beware 1b2) to keep oneself, refrain, abstain 1b3) to be kept, be guarded 1c) (Piel) to keep, pay heed 1d) (Hithpael) to keep oneself from

from the evil
רָ֑ע (rā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: adj 1) bad, evil 1a) bad, disagreeable, malignant 1b) bad, unpleasant, evil (giving pain, unhappiness, misery) 1c) evil, displeasing 1d) bad (of its kind-land, water, etc) 1e) bad (of value) 1f) worse than, worst (comparison) 1g) sad, unhappy 1h) evil (hurtful) 1i) bad, unkind (vicious in disposition) 1j) bad, evil, wicked (ethically) 1j1) in general, of persons, of thoughts 1j2) deeds, actions n m 2) evil, distress, misery, injury, calamity 2a) evil, distress, adversity 2b) evil, injury, wrong 2c) evil (ethical) n f 3) evil, misery, distress, injury 3a) evil, misery, distress 3b) evil, injury, wrong 3c) evil (ethical)

woman,
מֵאֵ֣שֶׁת (mê·’ê·šeṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 802: 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun)

from the smooth
מֵֽ֝חֶלְקַ֗ת (mê·ḥel·qaṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2513: 1) portion, parcel 1a) of ground 2) smooth part, smoothness, flattery 2a) smoothness, smooth part 2b) slippery places 2c) smoothness, flattery

tongue
לָשׁ֥וֹן (lā·šō·wn)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3956: 1) tongue 1a) tongue (of men) 1a1) tongue (literal) 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) 1b) language 1c) tongue (of animals) 1d) tongue (of fire) 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)

of the stranger.
נָכְרִיָּֽה׃ (nā·ḵə·rî·yāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5237: 1) foreign, alien 1a) foreign 1b) foreigner (subst) 1c) foreign woman, harlot 1d) unknown, unfamiliar (fig.)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Young's Literal Translation
To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They will protect you from an evil woman, from the flattering tongue of a stranger.

New American 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.
Parallel Verses
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.

New American 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They will protect you from an evil woman, from the flattering tongue of a stranger.

International Standard Version
to protect you from the evil woman, from the words of the seductive woman.

NET Bible
by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
















Cross References
Genesis 39:8
But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

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 5:20
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Proverbs 7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

Proverbs 7:21
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 6:23
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

Proverbs 6:22
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

Proverbs 6:21
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
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