Proverbs 5:20

Modern English Version

Why should you, my son, be intoxicated by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

Cross References

1 Kings 11:1

But King Solomon loved many foreign women in addition to the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites,

Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the Lord will fall into it.

Proverbs 23:33

Your eyes will behold strange women, and your heart will utter perverse things.

Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of an adulteress drip as honey, and her speech is smoother than oil,

Proverbs 6:24

to keep you from the evil woman, from the flattering tongue of an adulteress.

Proverbs 7:5

that they may keep you from an adulteress, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.

Malachi 2:14

Yet you say, “Why?” It is because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously. Yet she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Malachi 2:16

For the Lord, the God of Israel, says that He hates divorce; for it covers one’s garment with violence, says the Lord of Hosts. Therefore take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.