Proverbs 5:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

For why shouldest thou delite, my sonne, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosome of a stranger?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:24 : 24 To keepe thee from the wicked woman, & from ye flatterie of ye tongue of a strange woman.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 The mouth of strage women is as a deepe pit: he with whom the Lord is angry, shall fall therein.
  • Prov 23:27-28 : 27 For a whore is as a deepe ditche, and a strange woman is as a narrowe pitte. 28 Also she lyeth in wait as for a praye, and she increaseth the transgressers among men.
  • Prov 23:33 : 33 Thine eyes shall looke vpon strange women, and thine heart shall speake lewde things.
  • 1 Kgs 11:1 : 1 Bvt King Salomon loued many outlandish women: both the daughter of Pharaoh, and the women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon and Heth,
  • Prov 2:16-19 : 16 And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes. 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God. 18 Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead. 19 All they that goe vnto her, returne not againe, neither take they holde of the wayes of life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 5:17-19
    3 verses
    86%

    17But let them bee thine, euen thine onely, and not the strangers with thee.

    18Let thy fountaine be blessed, and reioyce with the wife of thy youth.

    19Let her be as the louing hinde and pleasant roe: let her brests satisfie thee at all times, and delite in her loue continually.

  • Prov 7:5
    82%

    5That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.

  • Prov 2:16-17
    2 verses
    82%

    16And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.

    17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God.

  • Prov 6:24-27
    4 verses
    80%

    24To keepe thee from the wicked woman, & from ye flatterie of ye tongue of a strange woman.

    25Desire not her beautie in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye lids.

    26For because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread, and a woman wil hunt for the precious life of a man.

    27Can a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be burnt?

  • Prov 5:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.

    3For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.

  • Prov 23:33
    77%

    33Thine eyes shall looke vpon strange women, and thine heart shall speake lewde things.

  • Ezek 16:32
    77%

    32But as a wife that playeth the harlot, and taketh others for her husband:

  • Prov 5:6-10
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    76%

    6She weigheth not the way of life: her paths are moueable: thou canst not knowe them.

    7Heare yee me nowe therefore, O children, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth.

    8Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,

    9Least thou giue thine honor vnto others, and thy yeeres to the cruell:

    10Least the stranger should be silled with thy strength, and thy labours bee in the house of a stranger,

  • Prov 7:25
    76%

    25Let not thine heart decline to her wayes: wander thou not in her paths.

  • Prov 23:26-27
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    76%

    26My sonne, giue mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my wayes.

    27For a whore is as a deepe ditche, and a strange woman is as a narrowe pitte.

  • Prov 4:6
    76%

    6Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee.

  • Prov 22:14
    75%

    14The mouth of strage women is as a deepe pit: he with whom the Lord is angry, shall fall therein.

  • Prov 20:16
    75%

    16Take his garment, that is suretie for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.

  • Song 4:9
    75%

    9My sister, my spouse, thou hast wounded mine heart: thou hast wounded mine heart with one of thine eyes, and with a chaine of thy necke.

  • Song 8:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1Oh that thou werest as my brother that sucked the brestes of my mother: I would finde thee without, I would kisse thee, then they should not despise thee.

    2I will leade thee and bring thee into my mothers house: there thou shalt teache me: and I will cause thee to drinke spiced wine, and newe wine of the pomegranate.

    3His left hand shalbe vnder mine head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

  • Jer 11:15
    74%

    15What shoulde my beloued tarie in mine house, seeing they haue committed abomination with manie? and the holy flesh goeth away from thee: yet when thou doest euill, thou reioycest.

  • Prov 5:21
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    21For the waies of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his pathes.

  • Prov 27:13
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    13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.

  • Song 3:5
    73%

    5I charge you, O daughters of Ierusalem, by the roes and by the hindes of the fielde, that ye stirre not vp, nor waken my loue vntill she please.

  • Prov 7:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him.

    22And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction,

  • Prov 6:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.

    21Binde them alway vpon thine heart, and tye them about thy necke.

  • Jer 2:33
    73%

    33Why doest thou prepare thy way, to seeke amitie? euen therefore will I teach thee, that thy waies are wickednesse.

  • Prov 1:15
    72%

    15My sonne, walke not thou in the way with them: refraine thy foote from their path.

  • Mic 7:5
    72%

    5Trust ye not in a friend, neither put ye confidence in a counseller: keepe the doores of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome.

  • Prov 6:29
    72%

    29So he that goeth in to his neighbours wife, shall not be innocent, whosoeuer toucheth her.

  • Song 2:7
    72%

    7I charge you, O daughters of Ierusalem, by the roes and by the hindes of the fielde, that ye stirre not vp, nor waken my loue, vntill she please.

  • Song 5:9
    72%

    9O the fairest among women, what is thy welbeloued more then other welbeloued? what is thy welbeloued more then another louer, that thou doest so charge vs?

  • Prov 7:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12Nowe she is without, nowe in the streetes, and lyeth in waite at euery corner)

    13So she caught him & kissed him and with an impudent face said vnto him,

  • Song 1:8
    72%

    8If thou knowe not, O thou the fairest among women, get thee foorth by the steps of the flocke, and feede thy kiddes by the tents of the shepheards.

  • Prov 7:18
    72%

    18Come, let vs take our fill of loue vntill the morning: let vs take our pleasure in daliance.

  • Prov 4:8
    72%

    8Exalt her, and she shall exalt thee: she shall bring thee to honour, if thou embrace her.

  • Eccl 7:26
    72%

    26(7:28) And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares, and her handes, as bands: he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

  • Prov 30:19
    72%

    19The way of an eagle in the aire, the way of a serpent vpon a stone, ye way of a ship in ye middes of the sea, and the way of a man with a maide.