Catholic Public Domain Version
"So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider."
— Proverbs 6:24, Catholic Public Domain Version
“To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue. ”
“to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.”
“by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.”
“That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.”
Bind them to your heart unceasingly, and encircle them around your throat.
When you walk, let them keep step with you. When you sleep, let them guard you. And when you keep watch, speak with them.
For commandment is a lamp, and law is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life.
So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider.
Let not your heart desire her beauty; do not be captivated by her winks.
For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man.
Would a man be able to conceal fire in his bosom, so that his garments would not burn?