Proverbs 5:20

For why should you, my son, be captivated by an adulteress; 1 why should you embrace the breasts of an immoral woman? 1

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

In Context

19for she is a loving deer and a graceful doe. 1 Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; 1 may you be continually intoxicated by her love. 1

21Yahweh sees everything a person does 1 and watches all the paths he takes. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 11:1Now King Solomon loved many foreign women including the daughter of Pharaoh—women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites.

Proverbs 6:24It keeps you from the immoral woman, 1 from the smooth words of an immoral woman. 1

Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; 1 Yahweh's anger is stirred up against anyone who falls into it. 1

Proverbs 23:33Your eyes will see strange things 1 and your heart will utter perverse things. 1

Malachi 2:16“For I hate divorce,” says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and the one who covers his garment with violence,” says Yahweh of hosts. “So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not be faithless.”

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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