Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 6:24
Evil woman - literally, “woman of evil.” In reading what follows, it must be remembered that the warning is against the danger of the sin of the adulterous wife.
Evil woman - literally, “woman of evil.” In reading what follows, it must be remembered that the warning is against the danger of the sin of the adulterous wife.
Verse Proverbs 6:24. _TO KEEP THEE FROM THE EVIL WOMAN_] Solomon had suffered sorely from this quarter; and hence his repeated cautions and warnings to others. The _strange woman_ always means one tha...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The surety (Proverbs 6:1)_ 2. The sluggard (Proverbs 6:6) 3. The naughty, good-for-nothing person (Proverbs 6:12) 4. The strange woman ...
A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It consists of four short subsections Proverbs 6:1 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6 against sloth, Proverbs 6:12 against talebearing,...
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44. STRANGE WOMAN. alien, or foreign woman. Hebrew. _nakar._ See note on Proverbs 5:3....
_the tongue of a strange_woman] THE STRANGER'S TONGUE, R.V., i.e. the tongue of another man's wife, as what follows shews (Proverbs 6:22; Proverbs 6:29; Proverbs 6:32;...
Fourteenth Address. Chap. 6. Proverbs 6:20. _The Evil Woman_ The holy memories and sanctions of the family are invoked (Proverbs 6:20) to give weight to another earnest warning against the sin which...
TEXT Proverbs 6:23-35 23. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24. To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the for...
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. TO KEEP THEE FROM THE EVIL WOMAN, FROM THE FLATTERY OF THE TONGUE OF A STRANGE WOMAN - literally, from the flat...
6:24 flattery (o-10) Lit. 'smoothness.' see ch. 7.5,21....
DISSUASIVES FROM HURTFUL THINGS Proverbs 6:1 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15), evils which the Lordhates (1...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 6 V1 My son, follow this advice when you make a mistake. Perhaps you promised to pay a neighbour’s debt....
Solomon is writing about sex, but he is also writing about other evil actions. Sometimes an idea about an evil action attracts us. Sometimes we want to do evil things. But we should refuse to do evil...
לִ֭ שְׁמָרְךָ מֵ אֵ֣שֶׁת רָ֑ע מֵֽ֝ חֶלְקַ֗ת
CHAPTER 7 CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE BINDING CHARACTER OF OUR OWN ACTIONS "The surety the sluggard and the worthless person." Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 6:12 FROM the solemn principle announc...
The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain specific things which Jehovah hates. The warnings against becoming s...
_Stranger. This is often inculcated, because nothing is more dangerous in youth, nor more contrary to the study of wisdom._...
My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepe...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...
TO KEEP THEE FROM THE EVIL WOMAN,.... This is one use of the profit arising from attending to the instructions of parents, and to the law of God, as taught by them; to preserve from fornication and ad...
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Ver. 24. _To keep thee from the evil woman._] Heb., From the woman of evil, that is wholly given up to wickedness...
_To keep thee from the evil woman_ Which is mentioned as a great commendation of God's word, because neither worldly discretion, nor a good education, nor moral precepts, nor any other considerations,...
to keep thee from the evil woman, the woman of vileness and wantonness, FROM THE FLATTERY OF THE TONGUE OF A STRANGE WOMAN, the speech of the harlot being smooth and oily in its allurement....
WARNING DEPICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNCHASTITY...
OF THE TONGUE OF A STRANGE WOMAN: Or, of the strange tongue...
20-35 The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own natu...
This is mentioned as a great commendation of God's word, because neither worldly discretion, nor civil education, nor moral precepts, nor any other considerations, are sufficient preservatives against...
Proverbs 6:24 keep H8104 (H8800) evil H7451 woman H802 flattering H2513 tongue H3956 seductress H5237 keep -...
ONE INTENTION OF THE COMMANDMENT AND TORAH IS TO KEEP HIM FROM THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN WHO WILL SEEK TO LEAD HIM ASTRAY (PROVERBS 6:24). In contrast with ‘woman wisdom' (e.g. Proverbs 1:20; Proverbs 3:13...
DISCOURSE 7. ADDRESSED TO ‘MY SON'. HE IS URGED TO OBSERVE THE COMMANDMENT AND THE TORAH, AVOIDING THE ENTICEMENT OF THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN, AND BEING AWARE OF THE WRATH OF THE DECEIVED HUSBAND (PROVERB...
CONTENTS: Caution against rash suretiship, slothfulness, forwardness, and whoredom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Suretiship is to be avoided, because by it poverty and ruin are ofte...
Proverbs 6:1. _If thou be surety for thy friend._ If charity has gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lending w...
_To keep thee from the evil woman._ THE SIN OF UNCLEANNESS 1. One great kindness God designed men in giving them His law was to preserve them from this sin. 2. The greatest kindness we can do ourse...
CRITICAL NOTES,— Proverbs 6:24. Evil woman, literally. “the woman of evil.” PROVERBS 6:26. Last clause means “an adulteress allures to that which may cost a man his life” (_Stuart_). Proverbs 6:30
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 6:1 The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is a warning. The subjects treated of are (1) suretyship (Proverbs 6:1); (2) sloth ...
Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened b...
Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 7:5...