Proverbs 6:24

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.

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Berean Standard Bible
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
American Standard Version (1901)
To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.
Bible in Basic English
They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the strange woman.
Douay-Rheims 1899
That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.
Free Bible Version
It will protect you from an evil woman and the seductive words of a prostitute.
Geneva Bible 1599
To keepe thee from the wicked woman, and from ye flatterie of ye tongue of a strange woman.
King James (Authorized) Version
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
One Unity Resource Bible
to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
Translation for Translators
Heeding [PRS] these commands and things that we have taught you will enable you to keep away from immoral women and from listening to the enticing words of an adulterous woman.
Unlocked Literal Bible
It keeps you from the immoral woman, from the smooth words of an immoral woman.
Noah Webster Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.