Proverbs 7:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ To guard you against the strange woman, Against the foreigner who flatters with her words.

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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

To deliver you from the strange woman, From the foreigner who flatters with her words,

Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit; The one denounced by יהוה  falls in there.

Proverbs 5:20

For why should you, my son, Be captivated by a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of a strange woman drip honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil;

Proverbs 6:24

To guard you against an evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a strange woman.

Proverbs 7:21

With her many words she leads him astray, With her smooth lips she seduces him.

Proverbs 7:4

Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” And call understanding a close friend,

Proverbs 7:6

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