Proverbs 2:17 “who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her…”

Proverbs 2:17

who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

World English Bible

who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;

American Standard Version

That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

Geneva Bible 1599

Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.

Darby Translation

who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God;

Young's Literal Translation

Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

Bible in Basic English

Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

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Cross references

“the guide”

Jeremiah 3:4 Proverbs 5:18

Jeremiah 3:4 · BSB

Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.

Proverbs 5:18 · BSB

May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:

“forgetteth”

Ezekiel 16:8 Malachi 2:14–16 Ezekiel 16:59 Ezekiel 16:60

Ezekiel 16:8 · BSB

Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares th…

Malachi 2:14–16 · BSB

Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Ezekiel 16:59 · BSB

For this is what the Lord GOD says: I will deal with you according to your deeds, since you have despised the oath by breaking the covenant.

Ezekiel 16:60 · BSB

But I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words

18For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.

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