Proverbs 2:16
to remove you far from the straight way, and to estrange you from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake you,
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
In Context
15whose paths are crooked, and their + 2:15 Lit. wheel tracks. Compare Heb 12:13. courses winding;
17of her who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of God.
Cross References
Genesis 39:3And his master knew that the Lord was with him, and the Lord prospers in his hands whatever he happens to do.
Judges 14:17And she wept before him the seven days, during which their banquet lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she troubled him; and she told it to the children of her people.
Proverbs 5:3for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases your palate:
Proverbs 7:5that she may keep you from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail you with flattering words.
Proverbs 23:27For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow.
Proverbs 29:5He that prepares a net in the way of his own friend, entangles his own feet in it.
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 →