Proverbs 5:18-22

English Standard Version

¹⁸ Let your ^(A)fountain be blessed,
    and ^(B)rejoice in ^(C)the wife of your youth,
¹⁹     a lovely ^(D)deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts ^(E)fill you at all times with delight;
    be intoxicated^[a] always in her love.
²⁰ Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with ^(F)a forbidden woman
    and embrace the bosom of ^(G)an adulteress?^[b]
21 For ^(H)a man's ways are ^(I)before the eyes of the Lord,
    and he ^(J)ponders^[c] all his paths.
²² The ^(K)iniquities of the wicked ^(L)ensnare him,
    and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.