King James Version
Proverbs 6:24 in the King James Version says “To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. of the: or, of the strange tongue” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. of the: or, of the strange tongue”
Proverbs 6:24 · KJV
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: lamp: or, candle
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. of the: or, of the strange tongue
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. the adulteress: Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man's wife
KJV Study — Public Domain
“To keep”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
“of the tongue”
H3956the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
“of a strange woman”
H5237strange, in a variety of degrees and applications (foreign, non-relative, adulterous, different, wonderful)
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