Proverbs 2:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ who forsakes the partner of her youth and forgets her sacred covenant,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Who forsakes the husband and guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

Common English Bible

¹⁷ She leaves behind the partner of her youth; she even forgets her covenant with God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ and who leaves behind the Guide of her youth,

Proverbs 2:17 Cross References

Ezekiel 16:8

I passed by you again and looked on you; you were at the age for love. I spread the edge of my cloak over you and covered your nakedness: I pledged myself to you and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord God, and you became mine.

Jeremiah 3:4

Have you not just now called to me, “My Father, you are the friend of my youth—

Proverbs 5:18

Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth,

Genesis 2:24

Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh.