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Proverbs 5:19
Proverbs 5:19 is verse 19 of Proverbs chapter 5, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
Or be led astray; also in verse 20
King James Version
Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
World English Bible
A loving doe and a graceful deer— let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.
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Proverbs 5:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.
18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth:
19 A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever.
20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
21 For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Song of Solomon 2:9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
Song of Solomon 4:5Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
Song of Solomon 7:3Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
Song of Solomon 8:14Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
Proverbs 5:15Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
2 Samuel 12:4Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”