Proverbs 2:16

Which verses does Proverbs 2:16 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. Ecclesiastes 7:266 votes

   And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.

2. Proverbs 6:245 votes

   to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

3. Proverbs 7:5–235 votes

   that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words. For at the window of my house I looked through the lattice. …

4. Proverbs 22:145 votes

   The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

5. Proverbs 23:275 votes

   For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.

6. Genesis 39:3–123 votes

   When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did, Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned. …

7. Nehemiah 13:26–273 votes

   Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin. Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

8. Proverbs 5:3–202 votes

   Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil, in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword. …

9. Proverbs 29:52 votes

   A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

Which verses point to Proverbs 2:16?

The 10 strongest of 27.

• Proverbs 13:20 15
• Proverbs 5:3 11
• Ecclesiastes 7:26 8
• Proverbs 11:9 7
• 1 Corinthians 6:18 7
• Proverbs 6:24 6
• Proverbs 7:5 6
• Proverbs 14:27 6
• Genesis 39:10 4
• Judges 11:2 4