Proverbes 5:18-23

18 Que ta source soit bénie, Et fais ta joie de la femme de ta jeunesse,
19 Biche des amours, gazelle pleine de grâce: Sois en tout temps enivré de ses charmes, Sans cesse épris de son amour.
20 Et pourquoi, mon fils, serais-tu épris d'une étrangère, Et embrasserais-tu le sein d'une inconnue?
21 Car les voies de l'homme sont devant les yeux de l'Eternel, Qui observe tous ses sentiers.
22 Le méchant est pris dans ses propres iniquités, Il est saisi par les liens de son péché.
23 Il mourra faute d'instruction, Il chancellera par l'excès de sa folie.

Proverbes 5:18-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS 5

The general instruction of this chapter is to avoid whoredom, and make use of lawful marriage, and keep to that. It is introduced with an exhortation to attend to wisdom and understanding, Pr 5:1,2; one part of which lies in shunning an adulterous woman; who is described by her flattery, with which she deceives; by the end she brings men to, which is destruction and death; and by the uncertainty of her ways, which cannot be known, Pr 5:3-6. Wherefore men are advised to keep at the utmost distance from her, Pr 5:7,8; lest their honour, strength, wealth, and labours, be given to others, Pr 5:9,10; and repentance and mourning follow, when too late, Pr 5:11-14. And, as a remedy against whoredom, entering into a marriage state is advised to, and a strict regard to that; allegorically expressed by a man's drinking water out of his fountain, and by his wife being as a loving hind and pleasant roe to him, the single object of his affections, Pr 5:15-19. As also the consideration of the divine omniscience is proposed, to deter him from the sin of adultery, Pr 5:20,21; as well as the inevitable ruin wicked men are brought into by it, Pr 5:22,23.

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