Proverbs 2:16

Coverdale Bible (1535)

That thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne: which geueth swete wordes,

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  • Prov 6:24 : 24 that they maye kepe the fro the euell woman, & from the flaterynge tonge of the harlott:
  • Prov 23:27 : 27 For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pytt.
  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I founde, that a woman is bytterer then death: for she is a very angle, hir hert is a nett, and hir handes are cheynes. Who so pleaseth God shal escape from her, but the synner will be taken wt her.
  • Prov 7:5-9 : 5 that she maye kepe ye fro ye strauge woma, & fro ye harlot which geueth swete wordes. 6 For out of the wyndowe of my house I loked thorow the trelies, 7 & behelde the simple people: & amonge other yonge folkes I spyed one yonge foole 8 goinge ouer the stretes, by the corner in the waye towarde the harlottes house 9 in the twylight of of the euenynge, when it begane now to be night and darcke. 10 And beholde, there mett him a woma in an harlottes apparell 11 (a disceatfull, waton & an vnstedfast woma: whose fete coude not abyde in ye house, 12 now is she without, now i ye stretes, & lurketh i euery corner) 13 she caught ye yoge ma, kyssed him & was not ashamed, sayege: 14 I had a vowe to paye, & this daye I perfourme it. 15 Therfore came I forth to mete the, that I might seke thy face, and so I haue founde the. 16 I haue deckte my bed with coueringes & clothes of Egipte. 17 My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre, Aloes and Cynamom. 18 Come, let vs lye together, & take oure pleasure till it be daye light. 19 For the good man is not at home, he is gone farre of. 20 He hath taken the bagg of moneye with him, who can tell whe he cometh home? 21 Thus with many swete wordes she ouercame him, and with hir flateringe lippes she wanne him. 22 Immediatly he foloweth her, as it were an oxeled to the slaughter (and like as it were to the stockes, where fooles are punyshed) 23 so longe till she hath wounded his lyuer with hir darte: like as yf a byrde haisted to the snare, not knowinge that the parell of his life lyeth there vpo.
  • Gen 39:3-9 : 3 And his master sawe yt the LORDE was wt him: for what so euer he dyd, the LORDE made it to prospere in his hade: 4 so yt he founde fauor in his masters sight, & was his seruaunt. He made him ruler of his house, and put all that he had, vnder his hande. 5 And from the tyme forth that he had made him ruler of his house and all his goodes, ye LORDE blessed the Egipcians house for Iosephs sake: and there was nothynge but the very blessynge of the LORDE in all yt he had in ye house & in the felde, 6 therfore left he all yt he had, in Iosephs hande. And medled with nothinge himself, saue onely the bred that he ate. And Ioseph was fayre of bewtye, and well fauoured of face. 7 And it fortuned after these actes, that his masters wife cast hir eyes vpon Ioseph, and sayde: Slepe with me. 8 But he denyed, and saide vnto her: Beholde, my master knoweth not what is in ye house, and all that he hath, that hath he put vnder my hande. 9 And there is no man so greate in the house as I, and he hath kepte nothinge fro me, excepte the: for thou art his wife. How shulde I then do so greate euell, and synne agaynst God? 10 But she spake soch wordes vnto Ioseph daylie. Neuertheles he herkened not vnto her, to slepe by her, or to be in her company. 11 It fortuned vpon a tyme, that Ioseph wente in to the house to do his busynesse, and there was none of ye folkes of the house thereby. 12 And she caught him by his garment, & sayde: Slepe with me. But he left the garment in hir hande, and fled, and gat him out of the house.
  • Neh 13:26-27 : 26 Dyd not Salomon ye kynge of Israel synne ther in? & yet amonge many Heythen was there no kynge like him, & he was deare vnto his God, and God made him kynge ouer all Israel, and the outlandish wemen. 27 (Omitted Text)
  • Prov 5:3-9 : 3 For the lippes of an harlot are a droppinge hony combe, and hir throte is softer then oyle. 4 But at ye last she is as bitter as wormwod, and as sharpe as a two edged swerde. 5 Hir fete go downe vnto death, and hir steppes pearse thorow vnto hell. 6 She regardeth not the path of life, so vnstedfast are hir wayes, that thou canst not knowe them. 7 Heare me therfore (o my sonne) and departe not fro the wordes of my mouth. 8 Kepe thy waye farre from her, and come not nye ye dores of hir house. 9 That thou geue not thine honor vnto another, and thy yeares to the cruell. 10 That other men be not fylled with thy goodes, & that thy labours come not in a straunge house. 11 Yee that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body and goodes) 12 and then saye: Alas, why hated I nurtoure? why dyd my hert despyse correccion? 13 Wherfore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, & herkened not vnto them that infourmed me? 14 I am come almost in to all mysfortune, in the myddest of the multitude and congregacion. 15 Drinke of the water of thine owne well, and of the ryuers that runne out of thine owne spriges. 16 Let yi welles flowe out a brode, that there maye be ryuers of water in the stretes. 17 But let them be only thine owne, & not straungers with the. 18 Let thy well be blessed, and be glad with the wife of thy youth. 19 Louynge is the hynde, and frendly is the Roo: let her brestes alwaye satisfie the, and holde the euer content with hir loue. 20 My sonne, why wilt thou haue pleasure in an harlot, and embrace the bosome of another woma?
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 The mouth of an harlot is a depe pytt, wherin he falleth that ye LORDE is angrie withall.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 Who so flatreth his neghbor, layeth a nette for his fete.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 7:5
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    5 that she maye kepe ye fro ye strauge woma, & fro ye harlot which geueth swete wordes.

  • Prov 6:24-26
    3 verses
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    24 that they maye kepe the fro the euell woman, & from the flaterynge tonge of the harlott:

    25 yt thou lust not after her beuty in thine herte, & lest thou be take wt hir fayre lokes.

    26 An harlot wil make a ma to begg his bred, but a maried woman wil hunt for ye precious life.

  • Prov 5:19-20
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    19 Louynge is the hynde, and frendly is the Roo: let her brestes alwaye satisfie the, and holde the euer content with hir loue.

    20 My sonne, why wilt thou haue pleasure in an harlot, and embrace the bosome of another woma?

  • Prov 2:11-12
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    11 then shal councell preserue the, and vnderstondinge shal kepe the.

    12 That thou mayest be delyuered fro ye euell waye, and from the man yt speaketh frowarde thinges.

  • Prov 5:2-4
    3 verses
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    2 yt thou mayest regarde good councell, and that thy lippes maye kepe nurtoure.

    3 For the lippes of an harlot are a droppinge hony combe, and hir throte is softer then oyle.

    4 But at ye last she is as bitter as wormwod, and as sharpe as a two edged swerde.

  • Prov 2:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

    17 forsaketh the hu?bande of hir youth, and forgetteth the couenaunt of hir God.

    18 For hir house is enclyned vnto death, and hir pathes vnto hell.

  • Ezek 16:32-35
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    78%

    32 but as a wife yt breaketh wedlocke, & taketh other in steade of hir hu?bode.

    33 Giftes are geuen to all other whores, but thou geuest rewardes vnto all thy louers: & offrest them giftes, to come vnto the out of all places, & to committe fornicacio with the.

    34 It is come to passe with the in thy whordomes, contrary to the vse of other women: yee there hath no soch fornicacion bene committed after the, seinge that thou profrest giftes vnto other, & no rewarde is geuen the: this is a contrary thinge.

    35 Therfore heare the worde of the LORDE, o thou harlot:

  • Prov 22:14
    78%

    14 The mouth of an harlot is a depe pytt, wherin he falleth that ye LORDE is angrie withall.

  • Prov 7:21-22
    2 verses
    78%

    21 Thus with many swete wordes she ouercame him, and with hir flateringe lippes she wanne him.

    22 Immediatly he foloweth her, as it were an oxeled to the slaughter (and like as it were to the stockes, where fooles are punyshed)

  • Prov 2:15
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    15 whose wayes are croked, and their pathes slaunderous.

  • Prov 5:6-9
    4 verses
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    6 She regardeth not the path of life, so vnstedfast are hir wayes, that thou canst not knowe them.

    7 Heare me therfore (o my sonne) and departe not fro the wordes of my mouth.

    8 Kepe thy waye farre from her, and come not nye ye dores of hir house.

    9 That thou geue not thine honor vnto another, and thy yeares to the cruell.

  • Prov 23:27
    76%

    27 For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pytt.

  • Prov 4:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5 Get the wy?dome, get the vnderstondinge, forget not ye wordes of my mouth, & shreke not from them.

    6 Forsake her not, and she shal preserue the: loue her, and she shal kepe the.

  • Prov 23:33
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    33 So shal thine eyes loke vnto straunge women, & thine herte shal muse vpon frowarde thinges.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25 Let not thine herte wandre in hir wayes, & be not thou disceaued in hir pathes.

  • Prov 20:16
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    16 Take his garment that is suertie for a straunger, & take a pledge of him for ye vnknowne mans sake.

  • Prov 7:10-12
    3 verses
    74%

    10 And beholde, there mett him a woma in an harlottes apparell

    11 (a disceatfull, waton & an vnstedfast woma: whose fete coude not abyde in ye house,

    12 now is she without, now i ye stretes, & lurketh i euery corner)

  • Prov 4:24
    73%

    24 Put awaye from the a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from the.

  • Eccl 7:26
    73%

    26 And I founde, that a woman is bytterer then death: for she is a very angle, hir hert is a nett, and hir handes are cheynes. Who so pleaseth God shal escape from her, but the synner will be taken wt her.

  • Prov 27:13
    73%

    13 Take his garment that is suertie for a straunger, & take a pledge of him for the vnknowne mans sake.

  • Prov 9:16
    72%

    16 Who so is ignoraunt (sayeth she) let him come hither, and to the vnwyse she sayeth:

  • Jer 2:33
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    33 Why boostest thou thy wayes so hylie, (to optayne fauoure there thorow) when thou hast yet stained them wt blasphemies?

  • Prov 5:17
    71%

    17 But let them be only thine owne, & not straungers with the.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15 My sonne, walke not thou wt them, refrayne yi fote fro their wayes.

  • Prov 2:20
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    20 That thou mayest walke in ye good waye, and kepe the pathes of the rightuous.

  • Prov 30:20
    71%

    20 Soch is the waye also of a wyfe yt breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth hir mouth like as wha she hath eate, & sayeth: As for me, I haue done no harme.

  • Ps 144:11
    71%

    11 Saue me and delyuer me from the honde of straunge childre, whose mouth talketh of vanite, and their right hande is a right hande of falsede.

  • Mic 7:5
    71%

    5 Let no man beleue his frende, ner put his confidece in a prince. Kepe the porte of thy mouth, from her yt lieth in thy bosome:

  • Prov 22:25
    71%

    25 lest thou lerne his wayes, and receaue hurte vnto thy soule.

  • Prov 3:17
    71%

    17 Hir wayes are pleasaunt wayes, and all hir pathes are peaceable.

  • Prov 6:2
    71%

    2 yee thou art boude with thine owne wordes, and taken wt thine owne speach.

  • Prov 4:15
    71%

    15 Eschue it, & go not therin: departe asyde, & passe ouer by it.

  • Prov 7:8
    70%

    8 goinge ouer the stretes, by the corner in the waye towarde the harlottes house