5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
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To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)These verses are an introduction to his warning against fleshly lusts, much the same with that, Prov. 6:20; and ending (Pr. 7:5) as that did (Pr. 7:24), To keep thee from the strange woman ; that is it he aims at; only there he had said, Keep thy father’s commandment , here (which comes all to one), Keep my commandments , for he speaks to us as unto sons. He speaks in God’s name; for it is God’s c…
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