Proverbs 2:16
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
KJV
Ut eruaris a muliere aliena, et ab extranea quæ mollit sermones suos,
Vulgate
τοῦ μακράν σε ποιῆσαι ἀπὸ ὁδοῦ εὐθείας καὶ ἀλλότριον τῆς δικαίας γνώμης. υἱέ, μή σε καταλάβῃ κακὴ βουλή,
LXX
To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
ASV
לְ֭/הַצִּ֣ילְ/ךָ מֵ/אִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑ה מִ֝/נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה אֲמָרֶ֥י/הָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִמְרֵי
'mry
noun · 48×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
זָ֑ר
zr
verb · 76×
ם
m
verb · 64×
נִי
ny
verb · 211×
נָכְרִיָּֽה
nkryh
adjective · 46×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 6:18 — Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
- 1Kgs 11:1 — But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
- Eccl 7:26 — And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
- Eccl 7:26 — And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
- Gen 39:3 — And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
- Gen 39:10 — And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
- Job 31:9 — If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour’s door;
- Judg 11:2 — And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
- Neh 13:26 — Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outl
- Prov 5:3 — For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
- Prov 6:24 — To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
- Prov 6:24 — To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
- Prov 7:5 — That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
- Prov 7:5 — That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
- Prov 22:14 — The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
- Prov 22:14 — The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
- Prov 23:27 — For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
- Prov 23:28 — She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.