Proverbs 2:16

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to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;

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  • Prov 6:24 : 24 by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.
  • Prov 23:27 : 27 for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.
  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.
  • Prov 7:5-9 : 5 so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words. 6 For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out 7 and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense. 8 He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house 9 in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night. 10 Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent. 11 (She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home– 12 at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.) 13 So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him, 14 “I have meat from my peace offerings at home; today I have fulfilled my vows! 15 That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you! 16 I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt. 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 18 Come, let’s drink deeply of lovemaking until morning, let’s delight ourselves with love’s pleasures. 19 For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance. 20 He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month.” 21 She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along. 22 Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare 23 till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.
  • Gen 39:3-9 : 3 His master observed that the LORD was with him and that the LORD made everything he was doing successful. 4 So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar appointed Joseph overseer of his household and put him in charge of everything he owned. 5 From the time Potiphar appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household for Joseph’s sake. The blessing of the LORD was on everything that he had, both in his house and in his fields. 6 So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care; he gave no thought to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and good-looking. 7 Soon after these things, his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said,“Come to bed with me.” 8 But he refused, saying to his master’s wife,“Look, my master does not give any thought to his household with me here, and everything that he owns he has put into my care. 9 There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?” 10 Even though she continued to speak to Joseph day after day, he did not respond to her invitation to go to bed with her. 11 One day he went into the house to do his work when none of the household servants were there in the house. 12 She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying,“Come to bed with me!” But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran outside.
  • Neh 13:26-27 : 26 Was it not because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin! 27 Should we then in your case hear that you do all this great evil, thereby being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign wives?”
  • Prov 5:3-9 : 3 For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive 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 lead straight to the grave. 6 Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it. 7 So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak. 8 Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house, 9 lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person, 10 lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house. 11 And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away. 12 And you will say,“How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof! 13 For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors. 14 I almost came to complete ruin in the midst of the whole congregation!” 15 Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well. 16 Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas? 17 Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. 18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife you married in your youth– 19 a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always. 20 But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 7:5
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    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

  • Prov 6:24-26
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    24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

    25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

    26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

  • Prov 5:19-20
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    19a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always.

    20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

  • Prov 2:11-12
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    11Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you,

    12to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity,

  • Prov 5:2-4
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    2in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge.

    3For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil,

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

  • Prov 2:17-18
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    17who leaves the husband from her younger days, and has ignored her marriage covenant made before God.

    18For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits.

  • Ezek 16:32-35
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    32“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

    33All prostitutes receive payment, but instead you give gifts to every one of your lovers. You bribe them to come to you from all around for your sexual favors!

    34You were different from other prostitutes because no one solicited you. When you gave payment and no payment was given to you, you became the opposite!

    35“‘Therefore O prostitute, Listen to the LORD’s message:

  • Prov 22:14
    78%

    14The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.

  • Prov 7:21-22
    2 verses
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    21She turned him aside with her persuasions; with her smooth talk she was enticing him along.

    22Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare

  • Prov 2:15
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    15whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways;

  • Prov 5:6-9
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    6Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths have wandered, but she is not able to discern it.

    7So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak.

    8Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

    9lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

  • Prov 23:27
    76%

    27for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well.

  • Prov 4:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

    6Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

  • Prov 23:33
    75%

    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

  • Prov 20:16
    74%

    16Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of strangers.

  • Prov 7:10-12
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    74%

    10Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent.

    11(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home–

    12at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.)

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

  • Prov 27:13
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    13Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of a stranger.

  • Prov 9:16
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    16“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said,

  • Jer 2:33
    72%

    33“My, how good you have become at chasing after your lovers! Why, you could even teach prostitutes a thing or two!

  • Prov 5:17
    71%

    17Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • Prov 2:20
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    20So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous.

  • Prov 30:20
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    20This is the way of an adulterous woman: she has eaten and wiped her mouth and has said,“I have not done wrong.”

  • Ps 144:11
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    11Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, who speak lies, and make false promises.

  • Mic 7:5
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    5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Even with the one who lies in your arms, do not share secrets!

  • Prov 22:25
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    25lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

  • Prov 3:17
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    17Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

  • Prov 6:2
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    2if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken,

  • Prov 4:15
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    15Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on.

  • Prov 7:8
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    8He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house