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Proverbs 5:18-20, Ezekiel 23:1-4, 21
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Sure! Here are the passages from Proverbs 5:18-20 and Ezekiel 23:1-4, 21 (ESV):
### Proverbs 5:18-20
**18** Let your fountain be blessed,
and rejoice in the wife of your youth,
**19** a lovely deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated always in her love.
**20** Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman
and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?
### Ezekiel 23:1-4, 21
**1** The word of the Lord came to me:
**2** "Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.
**3** They played the whore in Egypt; they played the whore in their youth.
Their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms handled.
**4** Oholah was the name of the elder and Oholibah the name of her sister.
They became mine, and they bore sons and daughters.
As for their names, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
**21** Thus you yearned for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians handled your bosom and pressed your young breasts."
These verses reflect themes of love, fidelity, temptation, and the consequences of infidelity both in a marital context (Proverbs) and within the larger frame of the relationship between God and His people (Ezekiel). If you have specific questions about these verses or their context, feel free to ask!
### Proverbs 5:18-20
**18** Let your fountain be blessed,
and rejoice in the wife of your youth,
**19** a lovely deer, a graceful doe.
Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight;
be intoxicated always in her love.
**20** Why should you be intoxicated, my son, with a forbidden woman
and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?
### Ezekiel 23:1-4, 21
**1** The word of the Lord came to me:
**2** "Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother.
**3** They played the whore in Egypt; they played the whore in their youth.
Their breasts were pressed and their virgin bosoms handled.
**4** Oholah was the name of the elder and Oholibah the name of her sister.
They became mine, and they bore sons and daughters.
As for their names, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
**21** Thus you yearned for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians handled your bosom and pressed your young breasts."
These verses reflect themes of love, fidelity, temptation, and the consequences of infidelity both in a marital context (Proverbs) and within the larger frame of the relationship between God and His people (Ezekiel). If you have specific questions about these verses or their context, feel free to ask!