Proverbs 2:17

New International Reader's Version

She has left the man she married when she was young. She has broken the promise she made in front of God.

Cross References

Genesis 2:24

That’s why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife. The two of them become one.

Proverbs 5:18

May your fountain be blessed. May the wife you married when you were young make you happy.

Jeremiah 3:4

You have just now called out to me. You said, ‘My Father, you have been my friend ever since I was young.

Ezekiel 16:8

“ ‘ “Later, I was passing by again. I looked at you. I saw that you were old enough for love. So I married you and took good care of you. I covered your naked body. I made a firm promise to you. I entered into a covenant with you. And you became mine,” announces the Lord and King.