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 flattery of the strange tongue, implying that the strange woman (i:e., one who belongs not to thee) is all tongue, and nothing substantial. A sample of Proverbs 6:22, "The commandment shall keep thee." This one evil-namely, whoredom-is given as an instance to show how the commandment can keep us from all kinds of departure from God, which is spiritual adultery. This one is singled out as one to which the young are prone (and he is addressing the young primarily), and as one which springs from idleness (Proverbs 6:6), and as that by which so excellent a saint as David, too, fell; that none may be too self-confident, but may know that our safety is in keeping close to God and His law.