Proverbs 7:5
So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
In Context
4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call prudence your friend.
6For I gaze from the window of my house, through the lattice,
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16So may you be rescued from the foreign woman, and from the outsider, who softens her speech,
Proverbs 6:24So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 7:2-6
The Word of God Recommended. 1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. 2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. These verses are an introduction to his warning against fleshly lusts, much the same with that, ch. vi.… Read the whole commentary →