Proverbs 2:17

WEB

¹⁷who forsakes the friend of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God;

KJV

¹⁷Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

BSB

¹⁷^[+] who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

FBV

¹⁷Such a woman has left her husband she married when she was young, forgetting the promises she made before God.

Extra References

Ezekiel 16:59-60

⁵⁹“‘For the Lord GOD says: “I will also deal with you as you have done, who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant. ⁶⁰Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you.

Jeremiah 3:4

⁴Will you not from this time cry to me, ‘My Father, you are the guide of my youth!’?

Ezekiel 16:8

⁸“‘“Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my garment over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I pledged myself to you and entered into a covenant with you,” says the Lord GOD, “and you became mine.

Malachi 2:14-16

¹⁴Yet you say, ‘Why?’ Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant. ¹⁵Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. ¹⁶One who hates and divorces”, says the LORD, the God of Israel, “covers his garment with violence!” says the LORD of Armies. “Therefore pay attention to your spirit, that you don’t be unfaithful.

Proverbs 5:18

¹⁸Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.