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Proverbs 5:20–21

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And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
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From verse 20

  1. Proverbs 6:24Rank 1 from verse 20
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    24To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

  2. Proverbs 7:5Rank 2 from verse 20
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    5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

  3. 1 Kings 11:1Rank 3 from verse 20
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    1BUT king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;

  4. Proverbs 22:14Rank 4 from verse 20
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    14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.

  5. Proverbs 23:27–28Rank 5 from verse 20
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    27For 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.

From verse 21

  1. Hebrews 4:13Rank 1 from verse 21
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    13Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

  2. Proverbs 15:3Rank 2 from verse 21
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    3The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

  3. Jeremiah 32:19Rank 3 from verse 21
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    19Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

  4. Job 34:21Rank 4 from verse 21
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    21For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.

  5. Hosea 7:2Rank 5 from verse 21
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    2And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.

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Proverbs 5:20

COMBINED MEANING

wilt

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Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.

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COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ravished

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Carried away or overcome by love or delight; in contexts of violence, sexually violated by force.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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strange

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Foreign; belonging to another country. Wonderful; causing surprise; exciting curiosity.

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Proverbs 5:21

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

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5:15¶ Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

5:16Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

5:17Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee.

5:18Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

5:19Let 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.

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

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5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

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