Proverbs 2:16-19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
16 It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,(A)
from a stranger[a] with her flattering talk,(B)
17 who abandons the companion of her youth(C)
and forgets the covenant of her God;
18 for her house sinks down to death
and her ways to the land of the departed spirits.(D)
19 None return who go to her;
none reach the paths of life.(E)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:16 Or foreign woman
Proverbs 2:16-19
New International Version
16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,(A)
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](B)
18 Surely her house leads down to death
and her paths to the spirits of the dead.(C)
19 None who go to her return
or attain the paths of life.(D)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 2:17 Or covenant of her God
Proverbs 2:16-19
King James Version
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
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Proverbs 7:5
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 She will keep you from a forbidden woman,
a stranger with her flattering talk.(A)
Proverbs 7:5
New International Version
5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman,
from the wayward woman with her seductive words.(A)
Proverbs 7:5
King James Version
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
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Proverbs 7:21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
21 She seduces him with her persistent pleading;
she lures with her flattering[a] talk.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 7:21 Lit smooth
Proverbs 7:21
New International Version
21 With persuasive words she led him astray;
she seduced him with her smooth talk.(A)
Proverbs 7:21
King James Version
21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
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Proverbs 7:27
Holman Christian Standard Bible
27 Her house is the road to Sheol,
descending to the chambers of death.(A)
Proverbs 7:27
New International Version
27 Her house is a highway to the grave,
leading down to the chambers of death.(A)
Proverbs 7:27
King James Version
27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
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Proverbs 23:27-28
Holman Christian Standard Bible
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit,(A)
and a stranger is a narrow well;
28 indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber(B)
and increases those among men who are unfaithful.
Proverbs 23:27-28
New International Version
Proverbs 23:27-28
King James Version
27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
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Ecclesiastes 7:26
Holman Christian Standard Bible
26 And I find more bitter than death(A) the woman who is a trap,(B) her heart a net, and her hands chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
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Ecclesiastes 7:26
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 7:26
King James Version
26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
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