Proverbs 5:20

20 For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an 1adulteress And embrace the bosom of a 2foreigner?

Proverbs 5:20 In-Context

18 Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 As a loving hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love.
20 For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?
21 For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the LORD , And He watches all his paths.
22 His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Proverbs 5:3
  • 2. Proverbs 2:16; Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 7:5; Proverbs 23:27

Footnotes 1

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