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15 from those whose tracks are twisted
and whose paths are perverse.

16 They will save you from a woman who is a stranger,
from a loose woman with smooth talk,
17 who abandons the ruler she had in her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God.

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15 whose paths are crooked(A)
    and who are devious in their ways.(B)

16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,(C)
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
17 who has left the partner of her youth
    and ignored the covenant she made before God.[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 2:17 Or covenant of her God