19. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant doe [tender, gentle, attractive]–let her bosom satisfy you at all times, and always be transported with delight in her love.
20. Why should you, my son, be infatuated with a loose woman, embrace the bosom of an outsider, and go astray?
21. For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord, and He [Who would have us live soberly, chastely, and godly] carefully weighs all man's goings. [II Chron. 16:9; Job 31:4; 34:21; Prov. 15:3; Jer. 16:17; Hos. 7:2; Heb. 4:13.]
22. His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked man, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.
23. He will die for lack of discipline and instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray and be lost.