Proverbs 6:24 - The Message They’ll protect you from promiscuous women, from the seductive talk of some temptress. Don’t lustfully fantasize on her beauty, nor be taken in by her bedroom eyes. You can buy an hour with a prostitute for a loaf of bread, but a promiscuous woman may well eat you alive. Can you build a fire in your lap and not burn your pants? Can you walk barefoot on hot coals and not get blisters? It’s the same when you have sex with your neighbor’s wife: Touch her and you’ll pay for it. No excuses. Hunger is no excuse for a thief to steal; When he’s caught he has to pay it back, even if he has to put his whole house in hock. Adultery is a brainless act, soul-destroying, self-destructive; Expect a bloody nose, a black eye, and a reputation ruined for good. For jealousy detonates rage in a cheated husband; wild for revenge, he won’t make allowances. Nothing you say or pay will make it all right; neither bribes nor reason will satisfy him. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a loose woman. American Standard Version (1901) To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue. Common English Bible They guard you from the evil woman, from the flattering tongue of the foreign woman. Catholic Public Domain Version So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger. |