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Proverbs 5:20
For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
Proverbs 5:20 · New Heart English Bible
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Proverbs 5:20 in other translations
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
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In context
17 Let them be for yourself alone, not for strangers with you.
18 Let your spring be blessed. Rejoice in the wife of your youth.
19 A loving doe and a graceful deer- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
20 For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord. He examines all his paths.
22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare him. The cords of his sin hold him firmly.
23 He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
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