Proverbs 2:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Proverbs 2:16 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 7:26
And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
Proverbs 7:5-23
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. …
Proverbs 6:24
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Proverbs 23:27
For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-22)

The scope of these verses is to show, 1. What great advantage true wisdom will be of to us; it will keep us from the paths of sin, which lead to ruin, and will therein do us a greater kindness than if it enriched us with all the wealth of the world. 2. What good use we should make of the wisdom God gives us; we must use it for our own guidance in the paths of virtue, and for the arming of us again…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

16-19. Deliverance from another danger. the strange woman--This term is often used for harlot, or loose woman (Jud 11:1, 2), married (Pr 7:5, 19) or not (1Ki 11:1), so called, because such were, perhaps at first, foreigners, though “strange” may also denote whatever is opposed to right or proper, as “strange fire” (Nu 3:4); “strange incense” (Ex 30:9). flattereth--literally, “smooths.” her words--…