Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 2:16
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Berean Standard Bible
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
King James Version
To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
World English Bible
to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
American Standard Version
To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 2
14 from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
15 whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
16 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
17 who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
18 For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
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