KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 6:24–25
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Proverbs 6:24
24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
24*‖To keepe thee from the euill woman, from the flatterie of the tongue of a strange woman.
- Or, of the strange tongue.
- Cha.2.16. and 5.3. and 7.5.
Proverbs 6:25
25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
25*Lust not after her beautie in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
- Mat.5.28.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 6:24
To hold, preserve, guard, observe, maintain, restrain, or continue, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
False praise; commendation bestowed for the purpose of gaining favor and influence, or to accomplish some purpose.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The organ of speech; a language; speech or manner of speaking.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Proverbs 6:25
Strong desire; especially sinful or fleshly desire.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Later than, behind, following, or in pursuit of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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From verse 24
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Open the full verse study26And 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.
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Open the full verse study16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
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Open the full verse study3¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
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Open the full verse study5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
From verse 25
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Open the full verse study14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
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Open the full verse study28But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
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Open the full verse study30¶ And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
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Open the full verse study2¶ And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.
3And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
4And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house.
5And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.
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Open the full verse study16¶ Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
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Open the full verse study9Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
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