"Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God." — Proverbs 2:17

Proverbs 2:17 · KJV

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

— Proverbs 2:17

Verse 16

To deliver thee from the strange woman, {even} from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words;

Verse 18

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

Proverbs 2 — Context

Whose ways {are} crooked, and {they} froward in their paths:

To deliver thee from the strange woman, {even} from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words;

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

For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

Cross References

Ezekiel 16:59-60

For 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 16:8

Now 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 3:4

Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou {art} the guide of my youth?

Malachi 2:14-16

Yet 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.

Proverbs 5:18

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.