15 Whose ways are crooked, and they are lewd in their paths.

16 And it shall deliver thee from the strange [a]woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

17 Which forsaketh the [b]guide of her youth, and forgetteth the [c]covenant of her God.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 2:16 Meaning, that wisdom which is the word of God, shall preserve us from all vices: naming this vice of whoredom whereunto man is most prone.
  2. Proverbs 2:17 That is, her husband, which is her head and guide to govern her, from whom she ought not to depart, but remain in his subjection.
  3. Proverbs 2:17 Which is the promise made in marriage.

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