"And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?" — Proverbs 5:20

Proverbs 5:20 · KJV

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

— Proverbs 5:20

{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. {satisfy...: Heb. water thee} {be thou...: Heb. err thou always in her love}

Verse 21

For the ways of man {are} before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

Proverbs 5 — Context

Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

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

For the ways of man {are} before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. {sins: Heb. sin}

Cross References

Proverbs 6:24

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. {of the...: or, of the strange tongue}

Proverbs 7:5

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words.

Proverbs 23:27-28

For a whore {is} a deep ditch; and a strange woman {is} a narrow pit.

Proverbs 23:33

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

1 Kings 11:1

But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, {and} Hittites; {together...: or, beside}

Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of strange women {is} a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

Proverbs 2:16-19

To deliver thee from the strange woman, {even} from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words;