Proverbs 7:5

that she may keep thee from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail thee with flattering words.

Brenton Septuagint

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 that wisdom is thy sister, and gain prudence as an acquaintance for thyself;

6For she looks from a window out of her house into the streets, at one whom she may see of the senseless ones, a young man void of understanding,

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Cross References

Proverbs 2:16to remove thee far from the straight way, and to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake thee,

Proverbs 6:24to keep thee continually from a married woman, and from the calumny of a strange tongue.

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 →

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