Proverbs 7:5

5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.

Proverbs 7:5 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
English Standard Version (ESV)
5 to keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.
New Living Translation (NLT)
5 Let them protect you from an affair with an immoral woman, from listening to the flattery of a promiscuous woman.
The Message Bible (MSG)
5 They'll be with you to fend off the Temptress - that smooth-talking, honey-tongued Seductress.
American Standard Version (ASV)
5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From he foreigner that flattereth with her words.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
5 in order to guard yourself from an adulterous woman, from a loose woman with her smooth talk.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
5 She will keep you from a forbidden woman, a stranger with her flattering talk.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
5 They will keep you from a woman who commits adultery. They will keep you from the smooth talk of a sinful wife.

Proverbs 7:5 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 7:5

That they may keep thee from the strange woman
Nothing has a greater tendency than Christ and his Gospel, and an intimate acquaintance with them, and a retention of them, to keep from all sin, from all fleshly lusts, from the sin of uncleanness; and also from all the errors, heresies, idolatry, superstition, and will worship, of the whore of Rome; a stranger to God and true godliness, to Christ and his truths, the Spirit and his operations; from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
(See Gill on Proverbs 2:16), (See Gill on Proverbs 5:3), and (See Gill on Proverbs 6:24).

Proverbs 7:5 In-Context

3 Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and to insight, “You are my relative.”
5 They will keep you from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words.
6 At the window of my house I looked down through the lattice.
7 I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who had no sense.

Cross References 1

  • 1. ver 21; S Job 31:9; S Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 6:24
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