Proverbs 5:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?”
Read Proverbs 5:20 in the flow of Proverbs5 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs5 to see the surrounding context.
“Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?”
King James Version · Public Domain“For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 5:20 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 11:1King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.
- Proverbs 2:16It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Proverbs 6:24to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
- Proverbs 7:5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
- Proverbs 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
- Proverbs 23:27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
- Proverbs 23:33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
- Malachi 2:14Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.
- Malachi 2:16“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.
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