Proverbs 2:11-17 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks froward things; Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flatters with her words; Which forsook the guide of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of her God. 

‘Deliver thee from the way of the evil man.’ To pluck or rescue from the evil man. Seven sins of the evil man: He speaks perverse things, civil or religious (2:12). He leaves the path of righteousness (2:13). He walks in the ways of darkness. He rejoices to do evil (2:14). He delights in the sins of others. He walks in crooked ways (2:15). He walks in perverse paths.

‘Froward’ [Hebrew: tahpukah] perverse. Translated as “froward” (2:12; 8:13; 10:31; 16:28, 30; Deut. 32:20); “frowardness” (2:14; 6:14; 10:32); and “perverse” (23:33).

‘Deliver’ [Hebrew: natsal] (to snatch or rescue.

‘Strange’ [Hebrew: zuwr] apostate to a foreign religion of which prostitution was a part to make converts. Such religions were always a snare to Israel (Num. 25:1-18). Seven sins of the prostitute: She flatters with her lips (2:16). She forsakes parental guidance (2:17). She forgets God’s covenant – renounces true religion or marriage vows. She shortens her life (2:18). She leads others to hell. She destroys men utterly (2:19). She leads to permanent ruin.

‘Stranger’ [Hebrew: nokriy] foreign woman; not of Abraham’s line (Gen. 17:12).