Proverbs 5:20

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of an alien woman?

Leeser Tanakh

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

19The lovely gazelle and the graceful chamois: let her bosom satisfy thee abundantly at all times; with her love be thou ravished continually.

21For before the eyes of the Lord are the ways of man, and all his tracks doth he weigh in the balance.

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Cross References

1 Kings 11:1But king Solomon loved many strange women, beside the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, 'Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites.

Proverbs 6:24To guard thee against a bad woman, from the flattery of an alien tongue.

Proverbs 22:14A deep pit is the mouth of adulterous women: he that hath obtained the indignation of the Lord will fall thereinto.

Proverbs 23:33Thy eyes will see strange forms, and thy heart will speak perverse things.

Malachi 2:16For he hateth putting away [the wife], so hath said the Lord the God of Israel, and him who covereth his garment with violence, so hath said the Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, and deal not treacherously.

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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