Proverbs 2:16-17

The Value of Wisdom

¹⁶ So _p you will be delivered from the forbidden ₁ woman,
from _q the adulteress ₂ with _r her smooth words,
¹⁷ who forsakes _s the companion of her youth
and forgets _t the covenant of her God;

1. Cross References
   Proverbs 7:5
   To keep you from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words.
   
2. Cross References
   Proverbs 6:24
   To preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
   Proverbs 23:27
   For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well.
   
3. Cross References
   Proverbs 6:24
   To preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
   Psalms 5:9
   For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
   
4. Cross References
   Jeremiah 3:4
   Have you not just now called to me, 'My father, you are the friend of my youth -
   Psalms 55:13
   But it is you, a man, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.
   
5. Cross References
   Malachi 2:14 - 15
   But you say, "Why does he not?" Because the Lord was witness between you and the wife of your youth, to whom you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.