To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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Gill's Exposition
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart,.... Do not look upon it with the eye, nor dwell upon it in the thought; the one will lead on to and kindle last in the heart, and the other will cherish it…
Barnes' Notes
Evil woman - literally, “woman of evil.” In reading what follows, it must be remembered that the warning is against the danger of the sin of the adulterous wife.
Here is, I. A general exhortation faithfully to adhere to the word of God and to take it for our guide in all our actions.
1. We must look upon the word of God both as a light (Pro 6:23) and as a law,…
Cambridge Bible
the tongue of a strangewoman] the stranger's tongue, R.V., i.e. the tongue of another man's wife, as what follows shews (Pro 6:6; Pro 6:6; Pro 6:6; Pro 6:34-35). See Pro 2:16, note.
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