Proverbs 5:20

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And why dost thou magnify thyself, My son, with a stranger? And embrace the bosom of a strange woman?

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:24 : 24 To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 A deep pit `is' the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.
  • Prov 23:27-28 : 27 For a harlot `is' a deep ditch, And a strange woman `is' a strait pit. 28 She also, as catching prey, lieth in wait, And the treacherous among men she increaseth.
  • Prov 23:33 : 33 Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.
  • 1 Kgs 11:1 : 1 And king Solomon hath loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Zidon, `and' of the Hittites,
  • Prov 2:16-19 : 16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings, 17 Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten. 18 For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths. 19 None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 5:17-19
    3 verses
    86%

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

    18Let thy fountain be blessed, And rejoice because of the wife of thy youth,

    19A hind of loves, and a roe of grace! Let her loves satisfy thee at all times, In her love magnify thyself continually.

  • Prov 7:5
    82%

    5To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.

  • Prov 2:16-17
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    82%

    16To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

    17Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

  • Prov 6:24-27
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    80%

    24To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

    25Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

    26For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

    27Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?

  • Prov 5:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2To observe thoughtfulness, And knowledge do thy lips keep.

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

  • Prov 23:33
    77%

    33Thine eyes see strange women, And thy heart speaketh perverse things.

  • Ezek 16:32
    77%

    32The wife who committeth adultery -- Under her husband -- doth receive strangers.

  • Prov 5:6-10
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    76%

    6The path of life -- lest thou ponder, Moved have her paths -- thou knowest not.

    7And now, ye sons, hearken to me, And turn not from sayings of my mouth.

    8Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,

    9Lest thou give to others thy honour, And thy years to the fierce,

    10Lest strangers be filled `with' thy power, And thy labours in the house of a stranger,

  • Prov 7:25
    76%

    25Let not thy heart turn unto her ways, Do not wander in her paths,

  • Prov 23:26-27
    2 verses
    76%

    26Give, my son, thy heart to me, And let thine eyes watch my ways.

    27For a harlot `is' a deep ditch, And a strange woman `is' a strait pit.

  • Prov 4:6
    76%

    6Forsake her not, and she doth preserve thee, Love her, and she doth keep thee.

  • Prov 22:14
    75%

    14A deep pit `is' the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

  • Prov 20:16
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    16Take his garment when a stranger hath been surety, And for strangers pledge it.

  • Song 4:9
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    9Thou hast emboldened me, my sister-spouse, Emboldened me with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

  • Song 8:1-3
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    74%

    1Who doth make thee as a brother to me, Sucking the breasts of my mother? I find thee without, I kiss thee, Yea, they do not despise me,

    2I lead thee, I bring thee in unto my mother's house, She doth teach me, I cause thee to drink of the perfumed wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate,

    3His left hand `is' under my head, And his right doth embrace me.

  • Jer 11:15
    74%

    15What -- to My beloved in My house, Her doing wickedness with many, And the holy flesh do pass over from thee? When thou dost evil, then thou exultest.

  • Prov 5:21
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    21For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.

  • Prov 27:13
    73%

    13Take his garment, when a stranger hath been surety, And for a strange woman pledge it.

  • Song 3:5
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    5I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

  • Prov 7:21-22
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    73%

    21She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.

    22He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,

  • Prov 6:20-21
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    73%

    20Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.

    21Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.

  • Jer 2:33
    73%

    33What -- dost thou make pleasing thy ways to seek love? Therefore even the wicked thou hast taught thy ways.

  • Prov 1:15
    72%

    15My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,

  • Mic 7:5
    72%

    5Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.

  • Prov 6:29
    72%

    29So `is' he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.

  • Song 2:7
    72%

    7I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

  • Song 5:9
    72%

    9What `is' thy beloved above `any' beloved, O fair among women? What `is' thy beloved above `any' beloved, That thus thou hast adjured us?

  • Prov 7:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) --

    13And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,

  • Song 1:8
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    8If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds' dwellings!

  • Prov 7:18
    72%

    18Come, we are filled `with' loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves.

  • Prov 4:8
    72%

    8Exalt her, and she doth lift thee up, She honoureth thee, when thou dost embrace her.

  • Eccl 7:26
    72%

    26And I am finding more bitter than death, the woman whose heart `is' nets and snares, her hands `are' bands; the good before God escapeth from her, but the sinner is captured by her.

  • Prov 30:19
    72%

    19The way of the eagle in the heavens, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man in youth.