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Proverbs 7:5

Proverbs 7:5 is verse 5 of Proverbs chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

Proverbs 7:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 Tie them to your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,” and call understanding your kinsman,

5 that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

6 For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice.

7 I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 2:16
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

Proverbs 5:3
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

Proverbs 6:24
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.