Proverbs 5:20

The Passion Translation

My son, why would you be exhilarated by an adulteress— by embracing a woman who is not yours?

Cross References

Proverbs 22:14

Sex with an adulteress is like falling into the abyss. Those under God’s curse jump right in to their own destruction.

Proverbs 23:33

It will make you hallucinate, mumble, and speak words that are perverse.

Proverbs 5:3

Remember this: The lips of a seductress seem sweet like honey, and her smooth words are like music in your ears.

Proverbs 6:24

Truth will protect you from immorality and from the promiscuity of another man’s wife. Your heart won’t be enticed by her flatteries or lust over her beauty— nor will her suggestive ways conquer you.

Proverbs 7:5

“May the two of you protect me, and may we never be apart!” For they will keep you from the adulteress, with her smooth words meant to seduce your heart.