Proverbs 2:16
That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
In Context
15Whose ways are perverse, and their steps infamous.
17And forsaketh the guide of her youth,
Cross References
Genesis 39:3Who knew very well that the Lord was with him, and made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
Judges 14:17So she wept before him the seven days of the feast: and at length on the seventh day as she was troublesome to him, he expounded it. And she immediately told her countrymen.
Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.
Proverbs 7:5That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words.
Proverbs 23:27For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Proverbs 29:5A man that speaketh to his friend with flattering and dissembling words, spreadeth a net for his 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 →