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Proverbs 6:24

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To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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  1. Ecclesiastes 7:26Rank 1 from verse 24
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    26And 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.

  2. Proverbs 2:16Rank 2 from verse 24
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    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

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    3¶ For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

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    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

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Proverbs 6:24

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keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

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evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

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tongue

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1. The organ of the mouth used for tasting and speech. 2. Speech, words, or a language. 3. A tongue-shaped projection or arm of land or water.

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strange

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Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.

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6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

6:24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

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6:25Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

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