New American Standard Bible 1995
Proverbs 2:16
Proverbs 2:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
- New International Version (NIV)Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
- English Standard Version (ESV)So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words,
- New King James Version (NKJV)To deliver you from the immoral woman, From the seductress who flatters with her words,
Context of Proverbs 2:16
14Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil; 15Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways; To deliver you from the strange woman, From the adulteress who flatters with her words; 17That leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God; 18For her house sinks down to death And her tracks lead to the dead;
Read all of Proverbs 2Proverbs 2:16 word by word
לְ֭הַצִּ֣ילְךָ מֵאִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑ה מִ֝נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה אֲמָרֶ֥יהָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 2:16
- Proverbs 5:3For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech;
- Proverbs 6:24To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
- Proverbs 7:5That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words.
- Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; He who is cursed of the Lord will fall into it.
- Proverbs 23:27For a harlot is a deep pit And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.
- Genesis 39:3Now his master saw that the Lord was with him and how the Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hand.
- Nehemiah 13:26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin regarding these things? Yet among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless the foreign women caused even him to sin.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26And I discovered more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.
- Proverbs 7:21With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him.
- Proverbs 29:5A man who flatters his neighbor Is spreading a net for his steps.
Commentaries on Proverbs 2:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The stranger which flattereth with her words - החליקה hechelikah, she that smooths with her words. The original intimates the glib, oily speeches of a prostitute. The English lick is supposed to be derived from the original word.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16The second great evil, the warnings against which are frequent (see the marginal reference). Two words are used to describe the class. (1) “The strange woman” is one who does not belong to the family, one who by birth is outside the covenant of Israel. (2) “The stranger” is none other than a foreigner. It is the word used of the “strange” wives of Solomon 1 Kings 11:1, 1 Kings 11:8, and of those of the Jews who returned from Babylon (Proverbs 2:17; but…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 If we are truly wise, we shall be careful to avoid all evil company and evil practices. When wisdom has dominion over us, then it not only fills the head, but enters into the heart, and will preserve, both against corruptions within and temptations without. The ways of sin are ways of darkness, uncomfortable and unsafe: what fools are those who leave the plain, pleasant, lightsome paths of uprightness, to walk in such ways! They take pleasure…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16Wisdom helps a young man avoid an immoral woman, enabling him to resist her flattering and seductive words. Wisdom involves emotional maturity, self-control, and understanding the intent behind someone's words.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-1916-19. Deliverance from another danger. the strange woman--This term is often used for harlot, or loose woman (Jud 11:1, 2), married (Pr 7:5, 19) or not (1Ki 11:1), so called, because such were, perhaps at first, foreigners, though "strange" may also denote whatever is opposed to right or proper, as "strange fire" (Nu 3:4); "strange incense" (Ex 30:9). flattereth--literally, "smooths." her words--(Psa 5:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 2
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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