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.
Proverbs 6:23-35
Christian Standard Bible
23 For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,(A)
and corrective discipline is the way to life.(B)
24 They will protect you from an evil woman,[a]
from the flattering tongue of a wayward woman.(C)
25 Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty(D)
or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.(E)
26 For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,[b]
but the wife of another man[c] goes after a precious life.(F)
27 Can a man embrace fire
and his clothes not be burned?
28 Can a man walk on burning coals
without scorching his feet?
29 So it is with the one who sleeps with
another man’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.(G)
30 People don’t despise the thief if he steals
to satisfy himself when he is hungry.(H)
31 Still, if caught, he must pay seven times as much;(I)
he must give up all the wealth in his house.
32 The one who commits adultery[d] lacks sense;
whoever does so destroys himself.(J)
33 He will get a beating[e] and dishonor,
and his disgrace will never be removed.
34 For jealousy enrages a husband,(K)
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35 He will not be appeased by anything
or be persuaded by lavish bribes.
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