Proverbs 6:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.”
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“to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.”
King James Version · Public Domain“To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 6:24 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
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