Proverbs 6:23-25

Tree of Life Version

²³For the mitzvah is a lamp, Torah a light,
and corrective discipline the way of life,
²⁴keeping you from the immoral woman,
from a wayward wife’s smooth tongue.
²⁵Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyelids.

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Proverbs 6:23-25

New International Version

²³For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,^(A)
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life,^(B)
²⁴keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
    from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.^(C)

²⁵Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyes.

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Proverbs 6:23-25

New American Standard Bible

²³For ^(A)the commandment is a lamp and the ^[a]teaching is light;
And rebukes for discipline are the way of life
²⁴To ^(B)keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
²⁵^(C)Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her ^(D)eyelids.