19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe: let her breasts satisfy thee at all times, and delight in her love continually.

20 For why shouldest thou [a]delight, my son, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

21 For the ways of man are before the [b]eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his paths.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:20 Or, go astray with a stranger?
  2. Proverbs 5:21 He declareth that except man do join to his wife both in heart and in outward conversation, that he shall not escape the judgments of God.

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