Proverbs 7:5
That they may keep thee from an adulterous woman, from an alien that useth flattering speeches.
Leeser Tanakh
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 unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
6For through the window of my house, through my lattice did I [once] look out,
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16To deliver thee from the adulteress, from the alien woman that useth flattering speeches;
Proverbs 6:24To guard thee against a bad woman, from the flattery of an alien 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 →