Proverbs 2:16-17

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It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,^(A)
from a stranger^(a) with her flattering talk,^(B)

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who abandons the companion of her youth^(C)
and forgets the covenant of her God;

a. Proverbs 2:16: Or foreign woman

A. Proverbs 2:16: Proverbs 9:13-18

B. Proverbs 2:16: Proverbs 5:3; Proverbs 5:20; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 7:5; Proverbs 7:21; Proverbs 23:27

C. Proverbs 2:17: Malachi 2:14-15