Proverbs 2:16

New International Reader's Version

Wisdom will save you from a woman who commits adultery. It will save you from a sinful woman and her tempting words.

Cross References

Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of a woman who commits adultery is like a deep pit. Any man the Lord is angry with falls into it.

Proverbs 23:27

An unfaithful wife is like a deep pit. A wife who commits adultery is like a narrow well.

Proverbs 26:28

A tongue that tells lies hates the people it hurts. And words that seem to praise you destroy you.

Proverbs 29:5

Those who only pretend to praise their neighbors are spreading a net to catch them by the feet.

Proverbs 6:24

It keeps you from your neighbor’s wife. It keeps you from the smooth talk of a woman who commits adultery.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

A woman who hunts a man down is more painful than death. Her heart is like a trap. Her hands are like chains. A man who pleases God will try to get away from her. But she will trap a sinner.

Judges 14:17

She cried during the whole seven days the feast was going on. So on the seventh day he finally told her the answer to the riddle. That’s because she kept on asking him to tell her. Then she explained the riddle to her people.