Proverbs 5:20

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Why, my son, should you be captivated by a forbidden woman or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

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  • Prov 6:24 : 24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; one who is cursed by the LORD will fall into it.
  • Prov 23:27-28 : 27 For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a narrow well is a deceitful woman. 28 She also lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men.
  • Prov 23:33 : 33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things.
  • 1 Kgs 11:1 : 1 King Solomon loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh's daughter—Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women.
  • Prov 2:16-19 : 16 It will save you from the wayward woman, from the foreign woman with her flattering words, 17 who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God; 18 for her house sinks down to death, and her paths to the departed spirits. 19 None who go to her return, nor do they reach the paths of life.

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  • Prov 5:17-19
    3 verses
    86%

    17Let them be yours alone, and not for strangers with you.

    18May your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth.

    19A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her breasts satisfy you always, and may you always be captivated by her love.

  • Prov 7:5
    82%

    5To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

  • Prov 2:16-17
    2 verses
    82%

    16It will save you from the wayward woman, from the foreign woman with her flattering words,

    17who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;

  • Prov 6:24-27
    4 verses
    80%

    24They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

    25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

    26For a prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man hunts a precious life.

    27Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?

  • Prov 5:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2So you may preserve discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge.

    3For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.

  • Prov 23:33
    77%

    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32You adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Prov 5:6-10
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    76%

    6She does not consider the path of life; her ways wander, but she does not know it.

    7Now, my children, listen to me, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.

    8Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house.

    9Lest you give your vigor to others, and your years to someone cruel;

    10Lest strangers feast on your strength, and your hard-earned wealth end up in the house of a foreigner.

  • Prov 7:25
    76%

    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths.

  • Prov 23:26-27
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    76%

    26My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.

    27For a prostitute is a deep pit, and a narrow well is a deceitful woman.

  • Prov 4:6
    76%

    6Do not abandon her, and she will guard you; love her, and she will protect you.

  • Prov 22:14
    75%

    14The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; one who is cursed by the LORD will fall into it.

  • Prov 20:16
    75%

    16Take a garment as security from one who guarantees a stranger's debt; hold it in pledge if it is for a foreign woman.

  • Song 4:9
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    9You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.

  • Song 8:1-3
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    74%

    1Oh, that you were like a brother to me, one who nursed at my mother's breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.

    2I would lead you and bring you to my mother's house, where you would teach me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.

    3His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

  • Jer 11:15
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    15What right does my beloved have in my house, when she has done so many wicked schemes? Can consecrated meat remove your evil? Then you would exult!

  • Prov 5:21
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    21For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and He examines all his paths.

  • Prov 27:13
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    13Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an outsider.

  • Song 3:5
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    5I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the does of the field: do not awaken or arouse love until it pleases.

  • Prov 7:21-22
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    21With her abundant persuasion, she entices him; with her smooth talk, she compels him.

    22He follows her all at once, like an ox going to slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of shackles.

  • Prov 6:20-21
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    20My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

    21Bind them always upon your heart; tie them around your neck.

  • Jer 2:33
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    33How skilled you are at pursuing love! Even the worst of women you have taught your ways.

  • Prov 1:15
    72%

    15My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,

  • Mic 7:5
    72%

    5Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a close friend. Guard the words of your mouth from her who lies in your embrace.

  • Prov 6:29
    72%

    29So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

  • Song 2:7
    72%

    7I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the does of the field, not to awaken or stir up love until it pleases.

  • Song 5:9
    72%

    9What makes your beloved better than another beloved, most beautiful among women? What makes your beloved better than another, that you should beg us so passionately?

  • Prov 7:12-13
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    72%

    12Now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner, she lurks.

    13She took hold of him and kissed him; with a brazen face she said to him:

  • Song 1:8
    72%

    8If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats near the shepherds' tents.

  • Prov 7:18
    72%

    18'Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; let us delight ourselves with loving caresses.'

  • Prov 4:8
    72%

    8Prize her, and she will exalt you; she will honor you when you embrace her.

  • Eccl 7:26
    72%

    26I found that more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. The one who pleases God will escape her, but the sinner will be caught by her.

  • Prov 30:19
    72%

    19The way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the sea, and the way of a man with a young woman.