Proverbs 2:17

Guide. Heb. ’alluph, “familiar one,” “confidant.” For other occurrences of ’alluph see Prov. 16:28; 17:9; Jer. 3:4; Micah 7:5. Some have thought that the reference might be to the parents of the woman, but ’alluph more likely means the husband, together with whom, in the early days of their marriage, the wife learned some of the most important lessons of life.

The covenant of her God. Evidently the marriage vows, though there is no specific reference in the OT to a religious marriage ceremony such as the Christian church has developed. There is, however, a suggestion in Mal. 2:14 that solemn vows were exchanged. This strange woman had not only gone against the customs of her people but had broken the binding promises she had made before the great God of Israel.