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Proverbs 7:5

Proverbs 7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

That they may keep thee from the strange woman,.... Nothing has a greater tendency than Christ and his Gospel, and an intimate acquaintance with them, and a retention of them, to keep from all sin,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Proverbs 7:1-5

These verses are an introduction to his warning against fleshly lusts, much the same with that, Pro 6:20, etc., and ending (Pro 7:5) as that did (Pro 6:24), To keep thee from the strange woman; that…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

strange woman … stranger See Pro 2:16, note.

flattereth with "Heb. maketh smooth her words," R.V. marg.

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