Proverbs 2:16
Legacy Standard Bible
16 To deliver you from the [a](A)strange woman,
From the [b](B)foreign woman who flatters with her words;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:16 A forbidden woman, outside of the marriage covenant; an adulteress; parallel with foreign woman; so in Prov
- Proverbs 2:16 An unfamiliar woman, alien to the marriage covenant; parallel with strange woman
Proverbs 2:16
New International Version
16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,(A)
from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
Proverbs 5:3
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 5:3 Lit palate
Proverbs 5:3
New International Version
3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey,
and her speech is smoother than oil;(A)
Proverbs 5:20
Legacy Standard Bible
20 So why should you, my son, be intoxicated with a (A)strange woman
And embrace the bosom of a (B)foreign woman?
Proverbs 5:20
New International Version
20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
Proverbs 7:5-27
Legacy Standard Bible
5 In order to keep you from the strange woman,
From the foreign woman who [a]flatters with her words.
6 For (A)at the window of my house
I looked out (B)through my lattice,
7 And I saw among the (C)simple,
And discerned among the [b]sons
A young man (D)lacking a heart of wisdom,
8 Passing through the street near (E)her corner;
And he strides along the way to (F)her house,
9 In the (G)twilight, in the evening of that day,
In the [c]middle of the night, and in the thick darkness.
10 And behold, a woman comes to meet him,
(H)Dressed as a harlot and [d]cunning of heart.
11 She is (I)boisterous and rebellious,
Her (J)feet do not dwell at home;
12 Stepping in the streets, stepping (K)in the squares,
And near every corner she (L)lies in wait.
13 So she seizes him and kisses him
[e]And with a (M)brazen face she says to him:
14 “The sacrifices of (N)peace offerings are with me;
Today I (O)paid my vows.
15 Therefore I have come out to meet you,
To seek your face earnestly, and I have found you.
16 I have spread my couch with (P)coverings,
With colored (Q)linens of Egypt.
17 I have sprinkled my bed
With (R)myrrh, aloes, and (S)cinnamon.
18 Come, then, let us drink our fill as lovers until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with the pleasures of love.
19 For [f]my husband is not at home,
He has gone on a journey far away;
20 He took a (T)bag of silver in his hand,
On the day of the full moon he will come home.”
21 With her abundant [g]persuasions she entices him;
With her (U)flattering lips she drives him to herself.
22 He suddenly follows her
As an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or [h]as one in fetters to the discipline of an ignorant fool,
23 Until an arrow pierces through his liver;
As a (V)bird hastens to the snare,
And he does not know that it will cost him his [i]soul.
24 So now, my sons, (W)listen to me,
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.
25 Do not let your heart (X)go astray into her ways,
Do not wander into her pathways.
26 For many are the slain whom she has cast down,
And (Y)numerous are all those killed by her.
27 The ways to Sheol are in her (Z)house,
Descending to the chambers of death.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:5 Lit is smooth
- Proverbs 7:7 Or youths
- Proverbs 7:9 Lit pupil (of the eye)
- Proverbs 7:10 Lit guarded
- Proverbs 7:13 Lit She makes bold her face and says
- Proverbs 7:19 Lit the man
- Proverbs 7:21 Lit learning
- Proverbs 7:22 Some ancient versions as a stag goes into a trap
- Proverbs 7:23 Or life
Proverbs 7:5-27
New International Version
5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(A)
6 At the window of my house
I looked down through the lattice.
7 I saw among the simple,
I noticed among the young men,
a youth who had no sense.(B)
8 He was going down the street near her corner,
walking along in the direction of her house
9 at twilight,(C) as the day was fading,
as the dark of night set in.
10 Then out came a woman to meet him,
dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.
11 (She is unruly(D) and defiant,
her feet never stay at home;
12 now in the street, now in the squares,
at every corner she lurks.)(E)
13 She took hold of him(F) and kissed him
and with a brazen face she said:(G)
14 “Today I fulfilled my vows,
and I have food from my fellowship offering(H) at home.
15 So I came out to meet you;
I looked for you and have found you!
16 I have covered my bed
with colored linens from Egypt.
17 I have perfumed my bed(I)
with myrrh,(J) aloes and cinnamon.
18 Come, let’s drink deeply of love till morning;
let’s enjoy ourselves with love!(K)
19 My husband is not at home;
he has gone on a long journey.
20 He took his purse filled with money
and will not be home till full moon.”
21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
she seduced him with her smooth talk.(L)
22 All at once he followed her
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer[a] stepping into a noose[b](M)
23 till an arrow pierces(N) his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare,
little knowing it will cost him his life.(O)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:22 Syriac (see also Septuagint); Hebrew fool
- Proverbs 7:22 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.
Proverbs 22:14
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:14 Lit there
Proverbs 22:14
New International Version
Proverbs 23:26-28
Legacy Standard Bible
26 (A)Give your heart to me, my son,
And let your eyes [a](B)delight in my ways.
27 For a harlot is a (C)deep pit
And [b]a (D)foreign woman is a narrow well.
28 Surely she (E)lies in wait as a robber,
And adds to the treacherous among men.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:26 Or observe
- Proverbs 23:27 Or an adulterous, cf. Prov 2:16
Proverbs 23:26-28
New International Version
Saying 18
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