Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
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Gill's Exposition
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth,.... Not God, the God of her life, and who had provided for her from her youth up; nor her parent that had taken care of her in her infancy, and had been the…
Barnes' Notes
The guide of her youth - Better, the familiar friend (compare Pro 16:28; Pro 17:9). The “friend” is, of course, the husband, or the man to whom the strange woman first belonged as a recognized…
The scope of these verses is to show, 1. What great advantage true wisdom will be of to us; it will keep us from the paths of sin, which lead to ruin, and will therein do us a greater kindness than if…
Cambridge Bible
the guide of her youth or, friend, R.V. or, associate, i.e. her husband to whom she was married in her youth. See Jer 3:4, where the same phrase occurs in the same sense. Comp. "wife of thy youth,"…
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