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16 To deliver you from the [a](A)strange woman,
From the [b](B)foreign woman who flatters with her words;

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  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

For the lips of a (A)strange woman (B)drip honey
And (C)smoother than oil is her [a]speech;

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  1. Proverbs 5:3 Lit palate

In order to keep you from the strange woman,
From the foreign woman who [a]flatters with her words.

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  1. Proverbs 7:5 Lit is smooth

27 For a harlot is a (A)deep pit
And [a]a (B)foreign woman is a narrow well.

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  1. Proverbs 23:27 Or an adulterous, cf. Prov 2:16