Proverbs 2:17
who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
In context
14 who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil, 15 men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways. 16 So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman, from the adulteress with her smooth words, 17 who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God; 18 for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed;
19 none who go to her come back, nor do they regain the paths of life. 20 So you will walk in the way of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 2:17 in the KJV
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 2:17 in the NIV
who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.