Proverbs 5:20
Wherefore, then, shouldst thou stray, my son, with a strange woman? or embrace the bosom of a woman unknown?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man,—and, all his tracks, doth he consider:
Cross References
1 Kings 11:1But, King Solomon, loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh,—women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites:
Proverbs 6:24To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger.
Proverbs 22:14A deep chasm, is the mouth of strange women, he with whom Yahweh is indignant, falleth there.
Proverbs 23:33Thine eyes, will see strange women, and, thy heart, will speak perverse things:
Malachi 2:16For he hateth divorce, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, him also who covereth with violence his own clothing, saith Yahweh of hosts,—therefore should ye take heed to your spirit, and 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 →