Proverbs 5:20

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Proverbs 5:20

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Berean Standard Bible

Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

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KJV

King James Version

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

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WEB

World English Bible

For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?

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ASV

American Standard Version

For why shouldest thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Proverbs 5

¹⁸ May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:

¹⁹ A loving doe, a graceful fawn—may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.

²⁰ Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

²¹ For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.

²² The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

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