24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-35)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 (Pr. 6:23) and as a law, Pr. 6:20 , 23 . (1.) By its arguments it is a light, which our understandings must subscribe to; it is a lamp to our eyes for discovery, and so to our feet for direction. The word of God reveals to u…
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