19 (A)As a loving deer and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
And always be [a]enraptured with her love.
20 For why should you, my son, be enraptured by (B)an immoral woman,
And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?

21 (C)For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He [b]ponders all his paths.
22 (D)His own iniquities entrap the wicked man,
And he is caught in the cords of his sin.
23 (E)He shall die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:19 Lit. intoxicated
  2. Proverbs 5:21 observes, lit. weighs

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