16 To (A)rescue you from the strange woman,
From the (B)foreign woman who flatters with her words,
17 Who leaves the (C)companion of her youth
And forgets the (D)covenant of her God;
18 For (E)her house sinks down to death,
And her tracks lead to the [a]dead;
19 None (F)who go to her return,
Nor do they reach the (G)paths of life.

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  1. Proverbs 2:18 Lit departed spirits

16 To (A)deliver you from the strange woman,
From the [a](B)adulteress who flatters with her words;
17 That leaves the (C)companion of her youth
And forgets the (D)covenant of her God;
18 For (E)her house [b]sinks down to death
And her tracks lead to the [c]dead;
19 None (F)who go to her return again,
Nor do they reach the (G)paths of life.

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

16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,(A)
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17 who has left the partner of her youth
    and ignored the covenant she made before God.[a](B)
18 Surely her house leads down to death
    and her paths to the spirits of the dead.(C)
19 None who go to her return
    or attain the paths of life.(D)

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  1. Proverbs 2:17 Or covenant of her God