Proverbs 2:16

American Standard Version (1901)

To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

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  • Prov 6:24 : 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.
  • Prov 23:27 : 27 For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. [
  • Prov 7:5-9 : 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words. 6 For at the window of my house I looked forth through my lattice; 7 And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness. 10 And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart. 11 (She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house: 12 Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.) 13 So she caught him, and kissed him, [And] with an impudent face she said unto him: 14 Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows. 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 16 I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. 17 I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves. 19 For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey: 20 He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon. 21 With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along. 22 He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool; 23 Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.
  • Gen 39:3-9 : 3 And his master saw that Jehovah was with him, and that Jehovah made all that he did to prosper in his hand. 4 And Joseph found favor in his sight, and he ministered unto him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. 5 And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field. 6 And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not aught [that was] with him, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was comely, and well-favored. 7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand: 9 he is not greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back anything from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 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. 11 And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work; and there was none of the men of the house there within. 12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
  • Neh 13:26-27 : 26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin. 27 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?
  • Prov 5:3-9 : 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol; 6 So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not. 7 Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth. 8 Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house; 9 Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel; 10 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien, 11 And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; 13 Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! 14 I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation. 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well. 16 Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets? 17 Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth. 19 [ As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love. 20 For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 7:5
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    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

    25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

    26For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

  • Prov 5:19-20
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    19[ As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

    20For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

  • Prov 2:11-12
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    11Discretion shall watch over thee; Understanding shall keep thee:

    12To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

  • Prov 5:2-4
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    2That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

    3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

    4But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword.

  • Prov 2:17-18
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    17That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

    18For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

  • Ezek 16:32-35
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    32A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!

    33They give gifts to all harlots; but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and bribest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredoms.

    34And thou art different from [other] women in thy whoredoms, in that none followeth thee to play the harlot; and whereas thou givest hire, and no hire is given unto thee, therefore thou art different.

    35Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of Jehovah:

  • Prov 22:14
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    14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

  • Prov 7:21-22
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    21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

    22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;

  • Prov 2:15
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    15Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

  • Prov 5:6-9
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    6So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.

    7Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.

    8Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

    9Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

  • Prov 23:27
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    27For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

  • Prov 4:5-6
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    5Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

    6Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

  • Prov 23:33
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    33Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

  • Prov 20:16
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    16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.

  • Prov 7:10-12
    3 verses
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    10And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.

    11(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:

    12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. [

  • Prov 27:13
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    13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman.

  • Prov 9:16
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    16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

  • Jer 2:33
    72%

    33How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways.

  • Prov 5:17
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    17Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

  • Prov 2:20
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    20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 30:20
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    20So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.

  • Ps 144:11
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    11Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, Whose mouth speaketh deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

  • Mic 7:5
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    5Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

  • Prov 22:25
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    25Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.

  • Prov 3:17
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    17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.

  • Prov 6:2
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    2Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

  • Prov 4:15
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    15Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.

  • Prov 7:8
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    8Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,