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Proverbs 2:10-20
Legacy Standard Bible

10 For (A)wisdom will enter your heart
And (B)knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11 Discretion will (C)keep you,
Discernment will guard you,
12 To (D)deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks (E)perverse things;
13 From those who (F)forsake the paths of uprightness
To walk in the (G)ways of darkness;
14 Who are (H)glad to do evil
And they rejoice in the perversity of evil;
15 Whose paths are (I)crooked,
And who are devious in their tracks;
16 To deliver you from the [a](J)strange woman,
From the [b](K)foreign woman who flatters with her words;
17 Who forsakes the close (L)companion of her youth
And forgets the (M)covenant of her God;
18 For (N)her house [c]sinks down to death
And her tracks descend to the [d]dead;
19 All (O)who go to her will not return,
And they will not reach the (P)paths of life.
20 So that you will (Q)walk in the way of good men
And keep to the (R)paths of the righteous.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 2:16 A forbidden woman, outside of the marriage covenant; an adulteress; parallel with foreign woman; so in Prov
  2. Proverbs 2:16 An unfamiliar woman, alien to the marriage covenant; parallel with strange woman
  3. Proverbs 2:18 Lit bows down
  4. Proverbs 2:18 Lit departed spirits
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Proverbs 2:10-20
New American Standard Bible 1995

10 For (A)wisdom will enter your heart
And (B)knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11 Discretion will (C)guard you,
Understanding will watch over you,
12 To (D)deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks (E)perverse things;
13 From those who (F)leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the (G)ways of darkness;
14 Who (H)delight in doing evil
And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
15 Whose paths are (I)crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;
16 To (J)deliver you from the strange woman,
From the [a](K)adulteress who flatters with her words;
17 That leaves the (L)companion of her youth
And forgets the (M)covenant of her God;
18 For (N)her house [b]sinks down to death
And her tracks lead to the [c]dead;
19 None (O)who go to her return again,
Nor do they reach the (P)paths of life.
20 So you will (Q)walk in the way of good men
And keep to the (R)paths of the righteous.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 2:16 Lit strange woman
  2. Proverbs 2:18 Lit bows down
  3. Proverbs 2:18 Lit departed spirits
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