Proverbs 7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
KJV
ut custodiant te a muliere extranea, et ab aliena quæ verba sua dulcia facit.
Vulgate
ἵνα σε τηρήσῃ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀλλοτρίας καὶ πονηρᾶς, ἐάν σε λόγοις τοῖς πρὸς χάριν ἐμβάληται.
LXX
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
ASV
לִ֭/שְׁמָרְ/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×
נָכְרִיָּֽה
nkryh
adjective · 46×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×
Historic Christian voices
2 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;
- Gen 39:8 — But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my 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.
- Prov 2:16 — To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
- Prov 2:16 — To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
- Prov 5:3 — For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
- Prov 5:3 — For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
- Prov 5:20 — And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
- 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 7:21 — With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
- Prov 22:14 — The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
- Prov 26:28 — A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
- Prov 29:5 — A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.