Proverbs 2:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words”
Read Proverbs 2:16 in the flow of Proverbs2 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs2 to see the surrounding context.
“It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;”
King James Version · Public Domain“To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 2:16 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 39:3When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,
- Genesis 39:8But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
- Judges 14:17She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.
- Nehemiah 13:26Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
- Proverbs 5:3Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
- Proverbs 7:5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
- Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
- Proverbs 23:27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
- Proverbs 26:28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
- Proverbs 29:5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
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