Proverbs 5:18-20
May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth: A loving doe, a graceful fawn— may her breasts satisfy you always; may you be captivated by her love forever. Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Proverbs 5
12 songs meet this passage
“If your bitch is so innocent, why she sucking my children”
Fight Night · Migos
strains against Proverbs 5:18-20
Proverbs calls for delight in a faithful partner; this line instead boasts of degrading and devaluing women.
“I'm interested in more than just bein' your friend”
LUNCH · Billie Eilish
resonates with Proverbs 5:18-19
Delight in a romantic partner's body is affirmed in Scripture within covenant love, which this song gestures toward without grounding it there.
“We talk for hours and hours about the sweet and the sour”
Shape of You · Ed Sheeran
resonates with Proverbs 5:18-19
Genuine delight, conversation, and attraction between partners is affirmed in Proverbs, though again within marriage rather than a new fling.
“You know you could tear me apart”
Shivers · Ed Sheeran
strains against Proverbs 5:18-19
Proverbs celebrates being 'intoxicated' with a spouse's love; here the intensity is untethered from any such lasting bond.
“Take your bitch, rebuild the building just to fuck some more”
goosebumps · Travis Scott
strains against Proverbs 5:18-19
Proverbs frames sexual delight within committed love and rejoicing in one partner; here it's transactional and disposable.
“The one I need is right in my arms”
Peaches (feat. Daniel Caesar & GIVĒON) · Justin Bieber
resonates with Proverbs 5:18-19
Delight in a committed partner's presence echoes Proverbs' affirmation of marital intimacy and faithfulness.
“Nasty habits take a hold when you not here”
Snooze · SZA
resonates with Proverbs 5:18-19
Proverbs does celebrate delighted, exclusive devotion to a spouse; the song's intensity of desire isn't foreign to Scripture, though its context here is looser and less committed.
“In my life I love you more”
In My Life · The Beatles
resonates with Proverbs 5:18-19
The declaration of present love surpassing all past attachments resonates with Scripture's picture of devoted, singular love for one's beloved.
“Twenty years together, she still gets to me”
Check Yes or No · George Strait
resonates with Proverbs 5:18-19
Scripture commends ongoing delight in one's spouse through the years, exactly the enduring affection this verse describes.
“We'll never learn how to sing the blues”
One Man Band · Old Dominion
resonates with Proverbs 5:18-19
The joyful, playful delight in a romantic partner echoes Proverbs' celebration of rejoicing in the spouse of one's youth.
“All I need in this life is your crazy love”
Die a Happy Man · Thomas Rhett
resonates with Proverbs 5:18-19
Scripture celebrates delighted, exclusive love between spouses, much as this song rejoices in simple devotion to one woman.
“Sin tu inspiración no existiría esta poesía”
Te Quiero · Flex
resonates with Proverbs 5:18-19
The idea of being captivated and delighted by a beloved echoes the wisdom literature's embrace of joyful romantic attachment.
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