Proverbs 2:16
So may you be rescued from the foreign woman, and from the outsider, who softens her speech,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
In Context
15Their ways are perverse, and their steps are infamous.
17and who leaves behind the Guide of her youth,
Cross References
Genesis 39:3who knew very well that the Lord was with him, and that all the things that were done by him were directed by his hand.
Judges 14:17Therefore, she wept before him during the seven days of the feast. And at length, on the seventh day, since she had been troubling him, he explained it. And immediately she revealed it to her countrymen.
Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a loose woman are like a dripping honeycomb, and her voice is smoother than oil.
Proverbs 7:5So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.
Proverbs 23:27For a loose woman is a deep pit, and a foreign woman is a constricted well.
Proverbs 29:5A man who speaks to his friend with flattering and feigned words spreads a net for his own feet.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 2:11-22
The Benefits Conferred by Wisdom. 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; 13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; 14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; 15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: 16 To deliver thee from the strange… Read the whole commentary →