Proverbs 6:23-35
New American Standard Bible
23 For (A)the commandment is a lamp and the [a]teaching is light;
And rebukes for discipline are the way of life
24 To (B)keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
25 (C)Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her (D)eyelids.
26 For (E)the price of a prostitute reduces one to a loaf of bread,
And [b]an adulteress (F)hunts for a precious life.
27 Can anyone take fire in his lap
And his clothes not be burned?
28 Or can a person walk on hot coals
And his feet not be scorched?
29 So is the one who (G)goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her (H)will not [c]go unpunished.
30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
To (I)satisfy [d]himself when he is hungry;
31 But when he is found, he must (J)repay seven times as much;
He must give up all the property of his house.
32 One who commits adultery with a woman is (K)lacking [e]sense;
He who would (L)destroy [f]himself commits it.
33 He will find wounds and disgrace,
And his shame will not be removed.
34 For (M)jealousy [g]enrages a man,
And he will not have compassion on the (N)day of vengeance.
35 He will not [h]accept any settlement,
Nor will he be [i]satisfied though you make it a large gift.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:23 Or law
- Proverbs 6:26 Lit a man’s wife
- Proverbs 6:29 Lit be innocent
- Proverbs 6:30 Lit his soul
- Proverbs 6:32 Lit heart
- Proverbs 6:32 Lit his soul
- Proverbs 6:34 Lit is the rage of
- Proverbs 6:35 Lit lift up the face of any
- Proverbs 6:35 Lit willing
Proverbs 6:23-35
English Standard Version
23 For the commandment is (A)a lamp and the teaching a light,
and the (B)reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
24 to preserve you from the evil woman,[a]
from the smooth tongue of (C)the adulteress.[b]
25 (D)Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
and do not let her capture you with her (E)eyelashes;
26 for (F)the price of a prostitute is only (G)a loaf of bread,[c]
but a married woman[d] (H)hunts down a precious life.
27 Can a man carry (I)fire next to his (J)chest
and his clothes not be burned?
28 Or can one (K)walk on hot coals
and his feet not be scorched?
29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife;
none who touches her (L)will go unpunished.
30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
to (M)satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,
31 but (N)if he is caught, he will pay (O)sevenfold;
he will give all the goods of his house.
32 He who commits adultery lacks sense;
he who does it destroys himself.
33 He will get wounds and dishonor,
and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
34 For (P)jealousy makes a man furious,
and he will not spare when (Q)he takes revenge.
35 He will accept no compensation;
he will refuse though you multiply gifts.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:24 Revocalization (compare Septuagint) yields from the wife of a neighbor
- Proverbs 6:24 Hebrew the foreign woman
- Proverbs 6:26 Or (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate) for a prostitute leaves a man with nothing but a loaf of bread
- Proverbs 6:26 Hebrew a man's wife
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