Proverbs 5:20
And why do you magnify yourself, || My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?
Literal Standard Version
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
21For the ways of each are before the eyes of YHWH, || And He is pondering all his paths.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:1And King Solomon has loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, [and] of the Hittites,
Proverbs 6:24To preserve you from an evil woman, || From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Proverbs 22:14The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit, || The abhorred of YHWH falls there.
Proverbs 23:33Your eyes see strange women, || And your heart speaks perverse things.
Malachi 2:16“For He hates sending away,” said YHWH, God of Israel, || “And he [who] has covered violence with his clothing,” said YHWH of Hosts, || “And you have been watchful over your spirit, || And you do not deal 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 →