Reference

Proverbs 22:25

The Strange Woman (Folly Personified)
“Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.”
23

For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

24

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

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Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

26

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

27

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

The Strange Woman (Folly Personified)

The verse speaks generally about learning "his ways" and getting a "snare to thy soul," without any specific mention of a woman, seduction, false teaching, or apostasy. The "his" in the verse refers to the person previously mentioned in Proverbs 22:24, who is described as a "furious man" or "hot-tempered man," not a "strange woman."

The Strange Woman (Folly Personified)
The Strange Woman (Folly Personified)

Cross-References

1 Corinthians 15:33Thematic

“Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.”

Psalms 106:35Thematic

“But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.”

Proverbs 13:20Thematic

“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.”

Thematic Connections

The Strange Woman (Folly Personified)

Private Study Note