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Proverbs 2:16
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It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,from a wayward woman with her flattering talk,
To deliver you from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words,
It will save you from the unfaithful wife who tries to lead you into adultery with pleasing words.
to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering words;
To keep you from the immoral woman; From the seductress with her flattering words,
To rescue you from the strange woman, From the foreign woman who flatters with her words,
To deliver you from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;
And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.
To deliver you from the strange woman,From the foreign woman who flatters with her words;
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words,
Wisdom will protect you from the smooth talk of a sinful woman,
They will save you from a woman who is a stranger, from a loose woman with smooth talk,
To deliver thee from the strange woman, from the stranger who flattereth with her words;
Wisdom will save you from that other woman, another man's wife, who tempts you with sweet words.
Wisdom shall deliver you from a strange woman who flatters with her words,
You will be able to resist any immoral woman who tries to seduce you with her smooth talk,
in order to deliver you from a strange woman, from a foreign woman who flatters with her sayings,
these will deliver you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
That thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne: which geueth swete wordes,
To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the alien woman that maketh smooth her words;
To deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her words:
That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes,
to remove thee far from the straight way, and to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake thee,
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
That thou be delyuered fro an alien womman, and fro a straunge womman, that makith soft hir wordis;
To deliver you from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flatters with her words;
To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [who] flattereth with her words;
To deliver you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words,
Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman, from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.
You will be saved from the strange woman, from the sinful woman with her smooth words.
You will be saved from the loose woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words,
To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;
That thou mayst be delivered from the strange woman, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words;
To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,
Wise friends will rescue you from the Temptress— that smooth-talking Seductress Who's faithless to the husband she married years ago, never gave a second thought to her promises before God. Her whole way of life is doomed; every step she takes brings her closer to hell. No one who joins her company ever comes back, ever sets foot on the path to real living.
To deliver you from the strange woman, From the adulteress who flatters with her words;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
deliver: Proverbs 5:3-20, Proverbs 6:24, Proverbs 7:5-23, Proverbs 22:14, Proverbs 23:27, Genesis 39:3-12, Nehemiah 13:26, Nehemiah 13:27, Ecclesiastes 7:26
flattereth: Proverbs 7:21, Proverbs 29:5
Reciprocal: Genesis 39:7 - Lie Genesis 39:8 - refused Genesis 39:10 - as she spake Leviticus 15:20 - General Numbers 5:12 - General Deuteronomy 23:17 - There shall be Judges 11:2 - a strange Judges 14:17 - and she told Judges 16:5 - Entice Judges 16:15 - How canst 1 Kings 11:1 - loved Ezra 10:44 - strange wives Job 31:9 - If mine Psalms 50:18 - hast been partaker Proverbs 5:20 - with Proverbs 20:16 - a strange Proverbs 23:28 - as for a prey 1 Corinthians 6:18 - Flee
Cross-References
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done.
And out of the ground the LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
And Samuel said, "Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving;
As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches but on God who richly furnishes us with everything to enjoy.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
To deliver thee from the strange woman,.... As the Gospel of Christ and its doctrines, or the instructions of wisdom, are a means of delivering persons from the evil man, his company, ways, and works; so from a naughty woman, an adulteress, called a "strange" woman; not because of another nation, or unknown, but because she belongs to another person, and not to him whom she entices into her embraces. Gersom interprets this of the sensitive appetite, and Jarchi of idolatry; as others do also of superstition and all false doctrine, and everything that is contrary to true wisdom; and the whole that is here and afterwards said may well enough be applied to the whore of Rome, from whose fornication, or spiritual adultery, that is, idolatry, will worship, and antichristian doctrines, the Gospel delivers men; see Proverbs 7:5, c.
[even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words that useth smooth and soft words to work upon the passions, move the affections, and win the hearts of men; and ensnare them and draw them to commit wickedness with her; see Proverbs 5:3; and so antichrist, and all false teachers and heretics, with good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple, Romans 16:18.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The second great evil, the warnings against which are frequent (see the marginal reference). Two words are used to describe the class.
(1) “The strange woman” is one who does not belong to the family, one who by birth is outside the covenant of Israel.
(2) “The stranger” is none other than a foreigner.
It is the word used of the “strange” wives of Solomon 1Ki 11:1, 1 Kings 11:8, and of those of the Jews who returned from Babylon (Ezra 10:0; passim). The two words together, in connection with those which follow, and which imply at once marriage and a profession of religious faith, point to some interesting facts in the social history of Israel. Whatever form the sin here referred to had assumed before the monarchy (and the Book of Judges testifies to its frequency), the contact with Phoenicians and other nations under Solomon had a strong tendency to increase it. The king’s example would naturally be followed, and it probably became a fashion to have foreign wives and concubines. At first, it would seem, this was accompanied by some show of proselytism Proverbs 2:17; but the old pagan leaven (influence) presently broke out; the sensual worship of other gods led the way to a life of harlotry. The stringent laws of the Mosaic code Leviticus 19:29; Leviticus 21:9; Deuteronomy 23:18 probably deterred the women of Israel from that sin, and led to a higher standard of purity among them than prevailed among other nations.
Most interpreters have, however, generalized the words as speaking of any adulteress. The Septuagint as if reluctant to speak of facts so shameful, has allegorized them, and seen in the temptress the personification of “evil counsel.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 2:16. The stranger which flattereth with her words — החליקה hechelikah, she that smooths with her words. The original intimates the glib, oily speeches of a prostitute. The English lick is supposed to be derived from the original word.
