Proverbs 5:21

"For why should you, my son, be captivated with an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another?"

Key Reflection

This verse warns against the dangers of following after an adulteress, emphasizing that such a path leads away from faithfulness and loyalty to one's spouse. It highlights the spiritual cost of straying, likening it to embracing another's bosom, which in ancient cultural context symbolized intimacy and betrayal of marital vows.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

One more warning. The sin is not against man, nor dependent on man’s detection only. The secret sin is open before the eyes of Yahweh. In the balance of His righteous judgment are weighed all human acts. Pondereth -Note the recurrence of the word used of the harlot herself (seeProverbs 1:6note): she ponders not, God does.

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