20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man's wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
20 Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?
20 Why would you trade enduring intimacies for cheap thrills with a whore? for dalliance with a promiscuous stranger?
20 For why should you, my son, be enraptured by an immoral woman, And be embraced in the arms of a seductress?
20 Why be captivated, my son, by an immoral woman, or fondle the breasts of a promiscuous woman?
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 5:20
Commentary on Proverbs 5:15-23
(Read Proverbs 5:15-23)
Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these destructive vices. But we are not properly united, except as we attend to God's word, seeking his direction and blessing, and acting with affection. Ever remember, that though secret sins may escape the eyes of our fellow-creatures, yet a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, who not only sees, but ponders all his goings. Those who are so foolish as to choose the way of sin, are justly left of God to themselves, to go on in the way to destruction.