Proverbs 7:5
that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
In Context
4Tell wisdom, “You are my sister.” Call understanding your relative,
6For at the window of my house, I looked out through my lattice.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife’s 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 →