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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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman,.... Or "err with her" (y); after all those inconveniences…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

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

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 5:15-23

Solomon, having shown the great evil that there is in adultery and fornication, and all such lewd and filthy courses,…