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15 Whose paths are (A)crooked,
And who are devious in their tracks;
16 To deliver you from the [a](B)strange woman,
From the [b](C)foreign woman who flatters with her words;
17 Who forsakes the close (D)companion of her youth
And forgets the (E)covenant of her God;

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 2:16 A forbidden woman, outside of the marriage covenant; an adulteress; parallel with foreign woman; so in Prov
  2. Proverbs 2:16 An unfamiliar woman, alien to the marriage covenant; parallel with strange woman