Proverbs 5:20

For why should you, my son, be led astray, intoxicated sin ·error· with an adulteress? 2 Why embrace the bosom of another? 1

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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

19An ahab ·affectionately loving· doe and a chen ·graceful· deer— 2 let her breasts satisfy you at all times. 2 Be intoxicated always with her love. 1

21For the ways of man are before Adonai’s eyes. 2 He examines all his paths. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the immoral woman, 2 from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue. 1

Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: 2 he who is under Adonai’s wrath will fall into it. 1

Proverbs 23:33Your eyes will see strange things, 2 and your mind will imagine confusing things. 1

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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