Proverbs 6:24
keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
In context
21 Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your neck. 22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. 23 For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life, 24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes. 26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life. 27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 6:24 in the KJV
To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 6:24 in the ESV
to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.