Holy Scripture
Proverbs 2:17
A church father on this verse
“And leaves the guide of her youth, etc. It is clear about the adulteress because she first leaves her husband and forgets the covenant of her God, evidently that which she made with her husband, with the Lord as witness, at the time of marriage, that they would keep the faith of chastity with each other. It is also cl…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17Of her who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, And forgotten the covenant of God.
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15Whose paths are crooked, And their courses winding;
16To remove thee far from the straight way, And to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake thee,
— Proverbs 2:17 —
18For she has fixed her house near death, And guided her wheels near Hades with the giants.
19None that go by her shall return, Neither shall they take hold of right paths, For they are not apprehended of the years of life.