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Proverbs 5:18-23
Authorized (King James) Version

18 Let thy fountain be blessed:
and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19 Let 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.
20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman,
and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,
and he pondereth all his goings.

22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself,
and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
23 He shall die without instruction;
and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

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Proverbs 5:18-23
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18 May your fountain(A) be blessed,
    and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.(B)
19 A loving doe, a graceful deer(C)—
    may her breasts satisfy you always,
    may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
    Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

21 For your ways are in full view(D) of the Lord,
    and he examines(E) all your paths.(F)
22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;(G)
    the cords of their sins hold them fast.(H)
23 For lack of discipline they will die,(I)
    led astray by their own great folly.(J)

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