Proverbs 5:20

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:24 : 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
  • Prov 23:27-28 : 27 For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit. 28 Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men.
  • Prov 23:33 : 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.
  • 1 Kgs 11:1 : 1 Now king Solomon loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites;
  • Prov 2:16-19 : 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words; 17 That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God: 18 For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead; 19 None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 5:17-19
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    86%

    17Let them be for thyself alone, And not for strangers with thee.

    18Let thy fountain be blessed; And rejoice in the wife of thy youth.

    19[ As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

  • Prov 7:5
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    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

  • Prov 2:16-17
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    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

    17That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

  • Prov 6:24-27
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    24To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

    25Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

    26For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

    27Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

  • Prov 5:2-3
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    2That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.

    3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

  • Prov 23:33
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    33Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32A wife that committeth adultery! that taketh strangers instead of her husband!

  • Prov 5:6-10
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    6So that she findeth not the level path of life: Her ways are unstable, [and] she knoweth [it] not.

    7Now therefore, [my] sons, hearken unto me, And depart not from the words of my mouth.

    8Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

    9Lest thou give thine honor unto others, And thy years unto the cruel;

    10Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors [be] in the house of an alien,

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Let not thy heart decline to her ways; Go not astray in her paths.

  • Prov 23:26-27
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    26My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways.

    27For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

  • Prov 4:6
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    6Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

  • Prov 22:14
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    14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

  • Prov 20:16
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    16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners.

  • Song 4:9
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    9Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] bride; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

  • Song 8:1-3
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    1Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! [When] I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me.

    2I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my mother's house, Who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.

    3His left hand [should be] under my head, And his right hand should embrace me.

  • Jer 11:15
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    15What hath my beloved to do in my house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness [with] many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

  • Prov 5:21
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    21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

  • Prov 27:13
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    13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for a foreign woman.

  • Song 3:5
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    5I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, Until he please.

  • Prov 7:21-22
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    21With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

    22He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as [one in] fetters to the correction of the fool;

  • Prov 6:20-21
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    20My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

    21Bind them continually upon thy heart; Tie them about thy neck.

  • Jer 2:33
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    33How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

  • Mic 7:5
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    5Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

  • Prov 6:29
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    29So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.

  • Song 2:7
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    7I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, Until he please.

  • Song 5:9
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    9What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, That thou dost so adjure us?

  • Prov 7:12-13
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    12Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner.)

    13So she caught him, and kissed him, [And] with an impudent face she said unto him:

  • Song 1:8
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    8If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

  • Prov 7:18
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    18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves.

  • Prov 4:8
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    8Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

  • Eccl 7:26
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    26And I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, [and] whose hands are bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. [

  • Prov 30:19
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    19The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent upon a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maiden.