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Proverbs 2:17
Proverbs 2:17 is verse 17 of Proverbs chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
King James Version
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
World English Bible
who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;
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Proverbs 2:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
16 It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
17 who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
18 For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
19 None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 5:18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
Jeremiah 3:4Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.
Ezekiel 16:8Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 16:59For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.
Ezekiel 16:60But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.
Malachi 2:14Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
Malachi 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
Malachi 2:16“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.