Proverbs 2:16

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Summary

Proverbs 2:16

To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

Deliver

Flattereth

Proverbs 7:21

Proverbs 29:5

General references

Bible References

Deliver

For the lips of an adulteress drip honey. Her mouth is smoother than oil,

to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the foreign woman.

that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under the LORD's wrath will fall into it.

For a prostitute is a deep pit; and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

His master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did prosper in his hand.

Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless foreign women caused even him to sin.

I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and traps, whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner will be ensnared by her.

Flattereth

With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

General references

"You shall not commit adultery.

"'Everything that she lies on in her impurity shall be unclean. Everything also that she sits on shall be unclean.

"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,

that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.