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Proverbs 5:20

And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
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English Standard Version

Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?

New International Version

Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?

Catholic Public Domain Version

Why are you seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and why are you kept warm by the bosom of another