23 For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,(A)
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life,(B)
24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,
    from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.(C)

25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
    or let her captivate you with her eyes.

26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
    but another man’s wife preys on your very life.(D)
27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap
    without his clothes being burned?
28 Can a man walk on hot coals
    without his feet being scorched?
29 So is he who sleeps(E) with another man’s wife;(F)
    no one who touches her will go unpunished.

30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
    to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.
31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,(G)
    though it costs him all the wealth of his house.
32 But a man who commits adultery(H) has no sense;(I)
    whoever does so destroys himself.
33 Blows and disgrace are his lot,
    and his shame will never(J) be wiped away.

34 For jealousy(K) arouses a husband’s fury,(L)
    and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35 He will not accept any compensation;
    he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.(M)

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23 Because the command is a lamp
    and the Law a light,
        rebukes that discipline are a way of life—
24 to protect you from the evil[a] woman,
    from the words of the seductive woman.

25 Do not focus on her beauty in your mind,
    nor allow her to take you prisoner with her flirting eyes,
26 because the price of a whore is a loaf of bread,
    and an adulterous woman stalks a man’s precious life.

27 Can a man scoop fire into his bosom
    without burning his clothes?
28 Can a man walk on hot coals
    without scorching his feet?
29 So also is it with someone who has sex with his neighbor’s wife;
    anyone touching her will not remain unpunished.

30 A thief isn’t despised
    if he steals to meet his needs[b] when he is hungry,
31 but when he is discovered,
    he must restore seven-fold,
        forfeiting the entire value of his house.

32 Whoever commits adultery with a woman is out of his mind;
    by doing so he corrupts his own soul.
33 He will receive a beating and dishonor,
    and his shame won’t disappear,
34 because jealousy incites[c] a strong man’s rage,
    and he will show no mercy when it’s time for revenge.
35 He will not consider any payment,
    nor will he be willing to accept it,[d]
        no matter how large the bribe.

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 6:24 So MT; LXX reads married
  2. Proverbs 6:30 Lit. to refresh his soul
  3. Proverbs 6:34 The Heb. lacks incites
  4. Proverbs 6:35 The Heb. lacks to accept it