Proverbs 2:17 (BSB)

who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

From Proverbs 2. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 2:17

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 2:10-22: The scope of these verses is to show, 1. What great advantage true wisdom will be of to us; it will keep us from the paths of sin, which lead to ruin, and will therein do us a greater kindness than if it enriched us with all the wealth of the world. 2.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 2:17: Which forsaketh the guide of her youth,.... Not God, the God of her life, and who had provided for her from her youth up; nor her parent that had taken care of her in her infancy, and had been the guardian of her virgin state; but her husband, to whom she was married in her youth, and to whom she gave up herself to be...
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 2:17: guide . . . youth--lawful husband (Jer 3:4). covenant . . . God--of marriage made in God's name.
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 2:17: Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. (k) That is, her husband, who is her head and guide to govern her, from whom she ought not to depart, but remain in his subjection.