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Proverbs 6:24
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Proverbs 6:24
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keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.
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Proverbs 6:24 in Other Translations
KJV
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To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
ESV
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to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
NLT
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It will keep you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.
MSG
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They'll protect you from wanton women, from the seductive talk of some temptress.
CSB
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They will protect you from an evil woman, from the flattering tongue of a stranger.
Proverbs 6:24 In-Context
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.
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For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life.
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Genesis 39:8
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Psalms 55:21
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Proverbs 2:16
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Proverbs 7:5
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