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Proverbs 5:20

Proverbs 5:20
And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman,.... Or "err with her" (y); after all those inconveniences and miseries that follow upon a conversation with a harlot, and all those…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Emphasis is laid (see the Pro 2:16 note) upon the origin of the beguiler.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Proverbs 5:15-23

Solomon, having shown the great evil that there is in adultery and fornication, and all such lewd and filthy courses, here prescribes remedies against them.

I. Enjoy with satisfaction the comforts of…