From the strange woman; from the adulteress or whore; called strange, partly because such persons were commonly heathens, or are supposed to be such by reason of that severe law against these practices in Israelitish women, Deuteronomy 23:17, or are justly reputed heathens, as being degenerate Israelites, which are oft called strangers, as hath been noted in the Book of the Psalms; and partly because conversation with such persons is forbidden to men; as those Israelites which were not Levites are called strangers, Numbers 1:51, in respect of the holy things which they were prohibited to touch; and forbidden fire is called strange fire, Numbers 3:4. Which flattereth with her words; which useth all arts and ways to allure men to unchaste actions; one kind being put for all the rest.
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Proverbs 2:16
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;