Proverbs 5:20

And why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

In Context

19As a lovely hind and a graceful roe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times: be thou ravished continually with her love.

21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and he pondereth all his paths.

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Cross References

1 Kings 11:1But king Solomon loved many foreign women, besides the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites;

Proverbs 6:24to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Proverbs 22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.

Proverbs 23:33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall speak froward things;

Malachi 2:16(for I hate putting away, saith Jehovah the God of Israel;) and he covereth with violence his garment, saith Jehovah of hosts: take heed then to your spirit, that ye deal not unfaithfully.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:16-23

Conjugal Fidelity Enjoined. 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange… Read the whole commentary →

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