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A Question of Sanity
Commentators frame this verse as a powerful, rhetorical question. After describing the blessings of a faithful marriage, the author essentially asks, "Why would you possibly choose the destructive path?" John Gill notes this appeal highlights the foolishness and irrationality of choosing adultery over the God-given gift of marriage.
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Albert Barnes
On Proverbs 5:20
18th Century
Theologian
Emphasis is laid (see the Proverbs 2:16 note) upon the origin of the beguiler.
Charles Ellicott
On Proverbs 5:15–20
19th Century
Bishop
Drink waters out of thine own cistern ...—In these verses Solomon urges his disciples to follow after purity in the married life; …
John Gill
On Proverbs 5:20
17th Century
Pastor
And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman F25; &c.] Or "err with her"; after all those inconv…
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Matthew Henry
On Proverbs 5:15–23
17th Century
Minister
Lawful marriage is a means God has appointed to keep from these destructive vices. But we are not properly united, unless we attend to God's word, …