“To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.”
Wisdom's instruction preserves one from the wayward woman and the flattering tongue of the alien woman—wisdom serves as moral immunization against seduction that would lead the young man into destruction. The emphasis on flattery and foreign women reflects the tension between covenant loyalty and competing values that threaten communal stability. This verse demonstrates that wisdom is not passive knowledge but active protection, a defensive structure against forces that exploit human vulnerability and desire. The
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