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Proverbs 2:16–22

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16To deliver you from the 1astrange woman,

From the 2bforeign woman who flatters with her words;

17Who forsakes the close acompanion of her youth

And forgets the bcovenant of her God;

18For aher house 1sinks down to death

And her tracks descend to the 2dead;

19All awho go to her will not return,

And they will not reach the bpaths of life.

20So that you will awalk in the way of good men

And keep to the bpaths of the righteous.

21For athe upright will dwell in the land

And bthe blameless will remain in it;

22But athe wicked will be cut off from the land

And bthe treacherous will be ctorn away from it.

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Footnotes

  1. 1A forbidden woman, outside of the marriage covenant; an adulteress; parallel with foreign woman; so in Prov
  2. 2An unfamiliar woman, alien to the marriage covenant; parallel with strange woman
  3. 1Lit bows down
  4. 2Lit departed spirits

Cross references

  1. aProv 5:3, 20; 7:5; 22:14
  2. bProv 5:20; 6:24; 7:5; 23:27; 27:13
  3. aMal 2:14, 15
  4. bGen 2:24
  5. aProv 7:27
  6. aEccl 7:26
  7. bPs 16:11; Prov 5:6
  8. aHeb 6:12
  9. bProv 4:18
  10. aPs 37:9, 29; Prov 10:30
  11. bProv 28:10
  12. aPs 37:38; Prov 10:30
  13. bProv 11:3
  14. cDeut 28:63; Ps 52:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman,

from the adulteress with her smooth words,

who forsakes the companion of her youth

and forgets the covenant of her God;

for her house sinks down to death,

and her paths to the departed;

none who go to her come back,

nor do they regain the paths of life.

So you will walk in the way of the good

and keep to the paths of the righteous.

For the upright will inhabit the land,

and those with integrity will remain in it,

but the wicked will be cut off from the land,

and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,

from the wayward woman with her seductive words,

who has left the partner of her youth

and ignored the covenant she made before God.

Surely her house leads down to death

and her paths to the spirits of the dead.

None who go to her return

or attain the paths of life.

Thus you will walk in the ways of the good

and keep to the paths of the righteous.

For the upright will live in the land,

and the blameless will remain in it;

but the wicked will be cut off from the land,

and the unfaithful will be torn from it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,

from a wayward woman with her flattering talk,

who abandons the companion of her youth

and forgets the covenant of her God;

for her house sinks down to death

and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.

None return who go to her;

none reach the paths of life.

So follow the way of the good,

and keep to the paths of the righteous.

For the upright will inhabit the land,

and those of integrity will remain in it;

but the wicked will be cut off from the land,

and the treacherous ripped out of it.

NLTNew Living Translation

Wisdom will save you from the immoral woman,

from the seductive words of the promiscuous woman.

She has abandoned her husband

and ignores the covenant she made before God.

Entering her house leads to death;

it is the road to the grave.

The man who visits her is doomed.

He will never reach the paths of life.

So follow the steps of the good,

and stay on the paths of the righteous.

For only the godly will live in the land,

and those with integrity will remain in it.

But the wicked will be removed from the land,

and the treacherous will be uprooted.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

in order to deliver you from a strange woman,

from a foreign woman who flatters with her sayings,

she who forsakes the partner of her youth

and has forgotten the covenant of her God,

for her house sinks to death,

and to the dead are her paths.

Of all who go to her, none shall return,

nor do they reach paths of life.

So that you will walk on the road of those who are good,

and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.

For those who are upright will dwell in the land,

and those who are blameless will remain in it.

And those who are wicked will be cut off from the land,

and those who are treacherous will be uprooted from it.

KJV 1900King James Version

To deliver thee from the strange woman,

Even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth,

And forgetteth the covenant of her God.

For her house inclineth unto death,

And her paths unto the dead.

None that go unto her return again,

Neither take they hold of the paths of life.

That thou mayest walk in the way of good men,

And keep the paths of the righteous.

For the upright shall dwell in the land,

And the perfect shall remain in it.

But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth,

And the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.