Proverbs 6:24

New International Reader's Version

It keeps you from your neighbor’s wife. It keeps you from the smooth talk of a woman who commits adultery.

Cross References

Genesis 39:8

But he refused. “My master has put me in charge,” he told her. “Now he doesn’t have to worry about anything in the house. He trusts me to take care of everything he owns.

Proverbs 2:16

Wisdom will save you from a woman who commits adultery. It will save you from a sinful woman and her tempting words.

Proverbs 5:20

My son, why be captured by another man’s wife? Why hug a woman who has gone astray?

Proverbs 5:3

A woman who commits adultery has lips that drip honey. What she says is smoother than olive oil.

Proverbs 7:21

She led him astray with her clever words. She charmed him with her smooth talk.

Proverbs 7:5

They will keep you from a woman who commits adultery. They will keep you from the smooth talk of a sinful wife.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

A woman who hunts a man down is more painful than death. Her heart is like a trap. Her hands are like chains. A man who pleases God will try to get away from her. But she will trap a sinner.