Provérbios 5:20

20 Por que, meu filho, ser desencaminhado pela mulher imoral?Por que abraçar o seio de uma leviana?^[a]

Provérbios 5:20 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 5:20

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman,
&c.] Or "err with her" ^F25; after all those inconveniences and miseries that follow upon a conversation with a harlot, and all those advantages of a marriage state set before thee; why wilt thou be, so foolish and mad as to have a fondness for an harlot and dote upon her, and neglect entering into a marriage state, or forsake the wife of youth? and yet though things are so clearly stated and aptly represented, and the expostulation made in the most tender and affectionate manner; it is suggested as if after all it would not be attended unto, but a harlot be preferred to a wife of youth, a filthy beast to a loving hind, and dirty puddles of water in a ditch to running streams from a well or fountain; and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
that is not thy wife; a description of unlawful love and impure embraces, which are dissuaded from.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 "Errares", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "aberrares", Cocceius.

Provérbios 5:20 In-Context

18 Seja bendita a sua fonte!Alegre-se com a esposa da sua juventude.

19 Gazela amorosa, corça graciosa;que os seios de sua esposa sempre o fartem de prazer,e sempre o embriaguem os carinhos dela.

20 Por que, meu filho, ser desencaminhado pela mulher imoral?Por que abraçar o seio de uma leviana?

21 O SENHOR vê os caminhos do homeme examina todos os seus passos.

22 As maldades do ímpio o prendem;ele se torna prisioneiro das cordas do seu pecado.

Footnotes

• [a] Ou "de uma mulher casada"