Cross references

Proverbs 5:20

Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress,

or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Proverbs 5:20 BSB
  1. a Or a foreign woman or another man’s wife

Proverbs 5:20 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 0 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 6:24 (3 votes) and Proverbs 7:5 (3 votes). 13 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Deuteronomy 13 to Hebrews 13.

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Which verses does Proverbs 5:20 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

  2. that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.

  3. King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.

  4. The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

  5. For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.

  6. Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.

  7. It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. …

Which verses point to Proverbs 5:20?

The 10 strongest of 13.