Proverbs 6:23-35
Legacy Standard Bible
23 For (A)the commandment is a lamp and the [a]law is light;
And reproofs 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)on account of [b]a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,
And [c]an adulteress (F)hunts for the precious [d]life.
27 Can a man [e]take fire in his bosom
And his clothes not be burned?
28 Or can a man 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 [f]go unpunished.
30 [g]Men do not despise a thief if he steals
To (I)fill [h]himself when he is hungry;
31 But when he is found, he must (J)repay sevenfold;
He must give all the [i]substance of his house.
32 The one who commits adultery with a woman is (K)lacking a heart of wisdom;
He who would (L)destroy his soul does it.
33 Wounds and disgrace he will find,
And his reproach will not be blotted out.
34 For (M)jealousy [j]enrages a man,
And he will not spare in the (N)day of vengeance.
35 He will not [k]accept any ransom,
He will not be willing though you give many bribes.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:23 Or instruction
- Proverbs 6:26 Or a woman who is a harlot
- Proverbs 6:26 Or a woman of another man
- Proverbs 6:26 Lit soul
- Proverbs 6:27 Lit snatch up
- Proverbs 6:29 Lit be innocent
- Proverbs 6:30 Or Do not men...?; lit They do not
- Proverbs 6:30 Lit his soul
- Proverbs 6:31 Or wealth
- Proverbs 6:34 Lit is the rage of
- Proverbs 6:35 Lit lift up the face of
Proverbs 6:23-35
New International Version
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.
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