Proverbs 7:5
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
Berean Standard Bible
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 understanding your kinsman,
6For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
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 →