KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 5:19–20
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Proverbs 5:19
19Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
19††Let her bee as the louing Hinde and pleasant Roe, let her breasts satisfie thee at all times, and be thou rauisht alwayes with her loue.
- Heb. water thee.
- Heb. erre thou alwayes in her loue.
Proverbs 5:20
20And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
20And why wilt thou, my sonne, be rauisht with a strange woman, and imbrace the bosome of a stranger?
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 5:19
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Entertaining a strong affection for; having tender regard for.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A female deer.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Cheerful; enlivening. Giving pleasure; gratifying.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The swift deerlike creature called a roe in the KJV.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The front part of the body between the neck and the belly.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To gratify wants, wishes or desires to the full extent; to supply possession or enjoyment till no more is desired.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Carried away or overcome by love or delight.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Always; continually, regularly, or throughout the time stated.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Affection, goodwill, devoted regard, or charity; as a verb, to regard with such affection or goodwill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 5:20
To will, choose, intend, or be disposed to; as an auxiliary, indicates future action.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Carried away or overcome by love or delight.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To clasp in the arms; to receive, accept, or welcome readily.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 19
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Open the full verse study3Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
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Open the full verse study9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
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Open the full verse study5Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
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Open the full verse study14¶ Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
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Open the full verse study15¶ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
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Open the full verse study17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
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Open the full verse study4And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
From verse 20
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Open the full verse study24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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Open the full verse study5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
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Open the full verse study1BUT king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
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Open the full verse study14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.
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Open the full verse study27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
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Open the full verse study33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
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Open the full verse study16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
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