Verse 16
Proverbs 2:16
Bible in Basic English
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To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;
Original Language Text
hebrew
לְ֭/הַצִּ֣ילְ/ךָ מֵ/אִשָּׁ֣ה זָרָ֑ה מִ֝/נָּכְרִיָּ֗ה אֲמָרֶ֥י/הָ הֶחֱלִֽיקָה
English Translation
To deliver you from a strange woman, from a foreign woman, whose words are smooth.
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Chapter 2 Context
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My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;
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So that your ear gives attention to wisdom, and your heart is turned to knowledge;
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Truly, if you are crying out for good sense, and your request is for knowledge;
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If you are looking for her as for silver, and searching for her as for stored-up wealth;
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Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God (Elohim) will be yours.
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For the Lord gives wisdom; out of his mouth come knowledge and reason:
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He has salvation stored up for the upright, he is a breastplate to those in whom there is no evil;
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He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.
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Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every...
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For wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasing to your soul;
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Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;
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Giving you salvation from the evil man, from those whose words are false;
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Who give up the way of righteousness, to go by dark roads;
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Who take pleasure in wrongdoing, and have joy in the evil designs of the sinner;
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Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:
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To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;
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Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God (Elohim)...
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For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:
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Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:
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So that you may go in the way of good men, and keep in the footsteps of the upright.
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For the upright will be living in the land, and the good will have it for their heritage.
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But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.
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