Proverbs 2:16
Doing this will also save you from a woman who acts immorally, from a woman who like a prostitute tries to seduce you with flattering words.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
In Context
15They live crooked lives doing deceitful things.
Cross References
Genesis 39:3His master noticed that the Lord was with him and made him successful in everything he did.
Judges 14:17She cried in front of him for the whole time of the party, and eventually on the seventh day he explained it to her because she nagged him so much. Then she explained the meaning of the riddle to the Philistine young men.
Proverbs 5:3For the lips of an immoral woman may taste as sweet as honey, the kisses of her mouth may be as smooth as oil,
Proverbs 7:5They will protect you from the immoral woman, from the prostitute with her seductive words.
Proverbs 23:27A prostitute is like being trapped in a pit; an immoral woman is like getting stuck a narrow well,
Proverbs 29:5Those who flatter their friends lay a net to trip them up.
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 →