Proverbs 2:16 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁶ Wisdom will save you from the woman stranger. Wisdom will save you from that foreign woman who says such sweet words when she tempts you to sin with her.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ [Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall keep you] to deliver you from the alien woman, from the outsider with her flattering words, [Prov. 2:11.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Wisdom will rescue you from the mysterious woman, from the foreign woman with her slick words.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ So may you be rescued from the foreign woman, and from the outsider, who softens her speech,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words:

Proverbs 2:16 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 22:14

The sin of adultery is like a trap. The Lord will become very angry at the person who falls into that trap.

Proverbs 23:27

Prostitutes and bad women are a trap. They are like a deep well that you can’t get out of.

Proverbs 29:5

If a person tries to get what he wants by saying nice things to people, then he is only setting a trap for himself.

Proverbs 6:24

Their teaching stops you from going to an evil woman. Their words protect you from the smooth talk of the wife that left her husband.

Ecclesiastes 7:26

I also found that \{some women are dangerous like traps\}. Their hearts are like nets, and their arms are like chains. It is worse than death to be caught by those women. A person that follows God will run away from those women. But a sinner will be caught by them.

Judges 14:17

Samson’s wife cried for the rest of the seven days of the party. So he finally gave her the answer to the riddle on the seventh day. He told her because she kept bothering him. Then she went to her people and told them the answer to the riddle.