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
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,
and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,(A)
24 to preserve you from the wife of another,[a]
from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.[b](B)
25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes,(C)
26 for a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,[c]
but the wife of another stalks a man’s precious life.(D)
27 Can fire be carried in the bosom
without burning one’s clothes?
28 Or can one walk on hot coals
without scorching the feet?
29 So is he who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.(E)
30 Thieves are not despised who steal only
to satisfy their appetite when they are hungry.
31 Yet if they are caught, they will pay sevenfold;
they will forfeit all the goods of their house.(F)
32 But he who commits adultery has no sense;
he who does it destroys himself.(G)
33 He will get wounds and dishonor,
and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
34 For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury,
and he will show no restraint when he takes revenge.(H)
35 He will accept no compensation
and will refuse a bribe no matter how great.
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