Proverbs 7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
*That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
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- *Cross-referenceChap.5.3.
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Proverbs 7:5
To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.
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Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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flattereth
Third-person singular present form of flatter (to praise insincerely or deceitfully in order to please, influence, or mislead).
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7:4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
7:4Say vnto Wisedome, Thou art my sister, and call Understanding thy kinse woman,
7:5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
7:5*That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Selected passage7:6¶ For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7:6¶ For at the windowe of my house I looked through my casement,