Proverbs 5:19-21

New King James Version

¹⁹^(A)As a loving deer and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
And always be ^[a]enraptured with her love.
²⁰For why should you, my son, be enraptured by ^(B)an immoral woman,
And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?

²¹^(C)For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He ^[b]ponders all his paths.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 5:19 Lit. intoxicated
Proverbs 5:21 observes, lit. weighs

Proverbs 5:19-21

New International Version

¹⁹A loving doe, a graceful deer^(A)—
    may her breasts satisfy you always,
    may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
²⁰Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
    Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?