Proverbs 5:20
And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?
Young's Literal Translation
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 over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:1And king Solomon hath loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon, [and] of the Hittites,
Proverbs 6:24To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Proverbs 22:14A deep pit [is] the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.
Proverbs 23:33Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.
Malachi 2:16For [I] hate sending away, said Jehovah, God of Israel, And He [who] hath covered violence with his clothing, said Jehovah of Hosts, And ye have been watchful over your spirit, And ye 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 →