23 For the [a]commandment is a lantern, and instruction a light: and [b]corrections for instruction are the way of life,

24 To keep thee from the wicked woman, and from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

25 Desire not her beauty in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her [c]eye lids.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 6:23 By the commandment, he meaneth the word of God: and by the instruction, the preaching and declaration of the same, which is committed to the Church.
  2. Proverbs 6:23 And reprehensions when the word is preached bring us to life.
  3. Proverbs 6:25 With her wanton looks and gesture.

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