18 Let thy [a]fountain be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy [b]youth.

19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe: let her breasts satisfy thee at all times, and delight in her love continually.

20 For why shouldest thou [c]delight, my son, in a strange woman, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 5:18 Thy children which shall come of thee in great abundance, showing that God blesseth marriage, and curseth whoredom.
  2. Proverbs 5:18 Which thou didst marry in thy youth.
  3. Proverbs 5:20 Or, go astray with a stranger?

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