Proverbs 2:19 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Proverbs 2:19

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17 Who forsakes the companion of her youth,
And forgets the covenant of her God.

18 For ^aher house leads down to death,
And her paths to the dead;

19 None who go to her return,
Nor do they¹ regain the paths of life—

20 So you may walk in the way of goodness,
And keep to the paths of righteousness.

21 For the upright will dwell in the ^aland,
And the blameless will remain in it;

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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Proverbs 2:19

that is, such as remain impenitent (compare Ecclesiastes 7:26).

paths of life— (Psalms 16:11), opposed to paths unto the dead.

Proverbs 2:16-19

Deliverance from another danger.

the strange woman—This term is often used for harlot, or loose woman (Judges 11:1-2), married (Proverbs 7:5, Proverbs 7:19) or not (I Kings 11:1), so called, because such were, perhaps at first, foreigners, though "strange" may also denote whatever is opposed to right or proper, as "strange fire" (Numbers 3:4); "strange incense" (Exodus 30:9).

flattereth—literally, "smooths."

her words— (Psalms 5:9).

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