Holy Scripture
Proverbs 5:19
A church father on this verse
“He shows also, by the mention of the creature (the hind), the purity of that pleasure; and by the roe he intimates the quick responsive affection of the wife. And whereas he knows many things to excite, he secures them against these, and puts upon them the indissoluble bond of affection, setting constancy before them.…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
19Let thy loving hart and thy graceful colt company with thee, And let her be considered thine own, and be with thee at all times; For ravished with her love thou shalt be greatly increased.
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In context
17Let them be only thine own, And let no stranger partake with thee.
18Let thy fountain of water be truly thine own; And rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
— Proverbs 5:19 —
20Be not intimate with a strange woman, Neither fold thyself in the arms of a woman not thine own.
21For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God, And he looks on all his paths.