Proverbs 2:16
If you are wise [PRS], you will also be saved from ◄immoral women/prostitutes►; you will not pay attention when adulterous women try to ◄seduce/entice you by what they say.►
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
In Context
15They ◄walk on crooked paths/always deceive others► and are always dishonest.
Cross References
Genesis 39:3His master saw that Yahweh was helping Joseph and enabling him to be successful in everything that he did.
Judges 14:17She continued to cry every time she was with him, all during the rest of the celebration. Finally, on the seventh day, because she continued to nag him, he told her the meaning of the riddle. Then she told it to the young men.
Proverbs 5:3What an immoral woman says to you may be as sweet as honey, and sound smoother than olive oil feels on your skin,
Proverbs 7:5If you are wise and if you understand what is wise [PRS], you will not sleep with an immoral woman; you will not listen to a woman who tries to entice you to sleep with her by what she says.
Proverbs 23:27Prostitutes and immoral women [DOU] are like [MET] a deep pit or a well that you may fall into.
Proverbs 29:5Those who ◄flatter others/say nice things to others merely to cause them to feel good► are really setting a trap for them (OR, for themselves) [SYN].
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 →