Proverbs 7:5

5 that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the harlot who flattereth with her words.

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 upon thy fingers; write them upon the tablet of thine heart.

4 Say unto wisdom, "Thou art my sister," and call understanding thy kinswoman,

5 that they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the harlot who flattereth with her words.

6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

7 and I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youth, a young man void of understanding,