Proverbs 5:17

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

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    18May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife you married in your youth–

    19a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always.

    20But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

  • Prov 5:8-10
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    8Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

    9lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

    10lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.

  • Prov 7:5
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    5so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words.

  • Prov 5:15-16
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    15Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well.

    16Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas?

  • 1 Cor 7:2
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    2But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.

  • Job 15:19
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    19to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.

  • Prov 4:21
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    21Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart;

  • Deut 28:30
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    30You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

  • Deut 7:3
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    3You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

  • Prov 6:24-25
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    24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

    25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

  • Prov 2:16
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    16to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;

  • Prov 25:17
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    17Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

  • Prov 23:33
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    33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.

  • Ezek 16:32
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    32“‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Prov 3:21
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    21My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion.

  • Lev 18:20
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    20You must not have sexual relations with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.

  • Deut 17:17
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    17Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold.

  • Josh 23:12
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    12But if you ever turn away and make alliances with these nations that remain near you, and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them,

  • Prov 22:18
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    18For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.

  • Prov 7:25
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    25Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways– do not wander into her pathways;

  • Num 18:4
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    4They must join with you, and they will be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, but no unauthorized person may approach you.

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

  • Prov 4:25
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    25Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you.

  • Lev 25:45
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    45Also you may buy slaves from the children of the foreigners who reside with you, and from their families that are with you, whom they have fathered in your land, they may become your property.

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    26Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways;

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    13and a man goes to bed with her, for sexual relations, without her husband knowing it, and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since there was no witness against her, nor was she caught–

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    2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

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    5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Even with the one who lies in your arms, do not share secrets!

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    12Therefore do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and do not take their daughters in marriage for your sons. Do not ever seek their peace or welfare, so that you may be strong and may eat the good of the land and may leave it as an inheritance for your children forever.’

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    3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table.

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    27As for the Levites in your villages, you must not ignore them, for they have no allotment or inheritance along with you.

  • Prov 31:3
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    3Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which ruins kings.

  • Jer 29:6
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    6Marry and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and allow your daughters to get married so that they too can have sons and daughters. Grow in number; do not dwindle away.

  • Deut 5:18
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    18You must not commit adultery.

  • Prov 22:25
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    25lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

  • Eccl 9:9
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    9Enjoy life with your beloved wife during all the days of your fleeting life that God has given you on earth during all your fleeting days; for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work on earth.

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    13Take a man’s garment when he has given security for a stranger, and hold him in pledge on behalf of a stranger.

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    10then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men commit adultery with her.

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    20But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you….”

  • Exod 34:15
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    15Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you, you will eat from his sacrifice;

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    12Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you.

  • Prov 6:21
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    21Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.