Proverbs 2:16-19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
16 It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,(A)
from a stranger[a] with her flattering talk,(B)
17 who abandons the companion of her youth(C)
and forgets the covenant of her God;
18 for her house sinks down to death
and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.(D)
19 None return who go to her;
none reach the paths of life.(E)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:16 Or foreign woman
Proverbs 2:16-19
International Standard Version
16 delivering you from the adulteress,
from the immoral[a] woman with her seductive words,
17 someone who abandoned the companion of her youth
and forgot the covenant of her God.
18 For her house leads down to death,
and her paths down to the realm of the dead.
19 None who go to her return,
nor do they reach the paths of life.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:16 Lit. foreign; i.e. one whose values are foreign to God’s Law
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