Proverbs 7:5

Proverbs 7:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
• New International Version (NIV)They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
• New King James Version (NKJV)That they may keep you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman, from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.

Context of Proverbs 7:5

3bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call insight your intimate friend, to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words. 6For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice, 7and I have seen among the simple, I have perceived among the youths, a young man lacking sense,

Proverbs 7:5 word by word

לִ֭שְׁמָרְךָ מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑ה מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That they may keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: guardH8104
• thee from the strangeזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• from the strangerנׇכְרִיnokrîy · foreignH5237
• flatterethחָלַקchâlaq · to smoothH2505
• with her wordsאֵמֶר'êmer · wordH561

Cross-references for Proverbs 7:5

• Proverbs 2:16So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words,
• Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,
• Proverbs 6:24to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

Commentaries on Proverbs 7:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The strange woman - The prostitute, the adulteress.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Wisdom leaves no room for a woman who uses flattery to appeal to a young man's vanity.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. The design of the teaching (compare Pr 2:16; 6:24).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 7:5

• Adultery
• Chastity
• Flattery
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Strange Woman
• Chamber
• Discern
• Goodman
• Harlot
• Loud
• Adultery
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• Proverbs, the Book of

Commentaries on Proverbs 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings