The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 6:25
To keep thee from the evil woman. The specific object to which the discourse was tending. The "commandment" and the "law" illuminate the path of true life generally, but in a special degree they, if attended to, will guard the young against sins of impurity, fornication, and adultery. The evil woman (Hebrew, esheth ra ); strictly, a woman of evil, or vileness, or of a wicked disposition, addicted to evil in an extraordinary degree; ra being here a substantive standing in a genitive... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 6:20-35
Sin and safety These verses may teach us— I. THAT MAN LIES OPEN TO STRONG AND SAD TEMPTATIONS . The reference of the text is to the sin of sensuality; the wise man is warning against the wiles of "the evil woman," "the strange woman" ( Proverbs 6:24 ). This sin of sensuality may consist in irregularities, or in things decidedly forbidden, or in gross and shameful violations of law and decency; it may be secret and hidden from every eye, or it may be unblushing and... read more