Proverbs 7:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ to preserve you from the loose woman, from the adventuress with her smooth words.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the stranger which flattereth with her words.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ That they may keep you from the loose woman, from the adventuress who flatters with and makes smooth her words.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

Common English Bible

⁵ so she might guard you against the mysterious woman, from the foreign woman who flatters you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.

Proverbs 7:5 Cross References

Proverbs 2:16

You will be saved from the loose woman, from the adventuress with her smooth words,

Proverbs 6:24

to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adventuress.

Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of a loose woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;

Proverbs 5:20

Why should you be infatuated, my son, with a loose woman and embrace the bosom of an adventuress?

Proverbs 7:4

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call insight your intimate friend;

Proverbs 7:6

For at the window of my house I have looked out through my lattice,

Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit; he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.

Proverbs 7:21

With much seductive speech she persuades him; with her smooth talk she compels him.