KJV King James Version
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
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Proverbs 2:17
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
WEB World English Bible
who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God:
ASV American Standard Version
That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 2
14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
15 Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.
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Ezekiel 16:59-60For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.Ezekiel 16:8Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time [was] the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.Jeremiah 3:4Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou [art] the guide of my youth?Proverbs 5:18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.Malachi 2:14-16Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet [is] she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
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