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It keeps you from
Here the word "it" refers to the lessons taught by the father and mother in Proverbs 6:20. AT: "It saves you from" or "It protects you from" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person)
the immoral woman ... an immoral woman
These two words mean basically the same thing. See how you translated the word "adulteress" in Proverbs 5:3.
do not let her capture you with her eyelashes
The writer speaks of the woman's eyelashes as if they were a trap into which the young man could fall. They are a synecdoche for her beauty and a metonym for the way the woman looks at the young man to make her want her. AT: "do not allow her to gain control over you by being beautiful and by the way she looks at you" (See: :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs-metaphor and :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs-synecdoche and :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs-metonymy)
immoral
"morally evil"
in your heart
Here "heart" represents the mind. AT: "in your thoughts" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
her beauty
"what is beautiful about her." This can also be a metonym for the woman. AT: "her" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
capture you
"gain control over you"
her eyelashes
The "eyelashes" stand for the beautiful things about her body that she uses to catch a man's attention. AT: "her beautiful eyes" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)