Proverbs 5:20

The Scriptures 2009

For why should you, my son, Be captivated by a strange woman, And embrace the bosom of a foreigner?

Cross References

1 Kings 11:1

And Sovereign Shelomoh loved many foreign women in addition to the daughter of Pharaoh: Mo’aḇite, Ammonite, Eḏomite, Tsiḏonian, and Ḥittite women;

Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit; The one denounced by יהוה falls in there.

Proverbs 23:33

Your eyes look on strange women, And your heart speaks perversities.

Proverbs 5:3

For the lips of a strange woman drip honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil;

Proverbs 6:24

To guard you against an evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a strange woman.

Proverbs 7:5

To guard you against the strange woman, Against the foreigner who flatters with her words.

Malachi 2:14

And you said, “Why?” Because יהוה has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have acted treacherously, though she is your companion and the wife of your covenant.

Malachi 2:16

“For I hate divorce,” said יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, “and the one who covers his garment with cruelty,” said יהוה of hosts. “So you shall guard your spirit, and do not act treacherously.”