Bible verse
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
Proverbs 7:5 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 7.
1 My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you.
2 Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
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,
8 crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,
9 at twilight, as the day was fading into the dark of the night.
KJV
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
ASV
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
ERV
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Newsletter
A short reading and some honest encouragement, most weekday mornings — no noise, no selling, unsubscribe in one click.
Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible, which is free of copyright restrictions for use on websites. Read the full Bible on Great Faith.