Proverbs 6:20-29

New King James Version

^20 (A)My son, keep your father’s command,
And do not forsake the law of your mother.
^21 (B)Bind them continually upon your heart;
Tie them around your neck.
^22 (C)When you roam, ^[a]they will lead you;
When you sleep, ^(D)they will keep you;
And when you awake, they will speak with you.
^23 (E)For the commandment is a lamp,
And the law a light;
Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
^24 (F)To keep you from the evil woman,
From the flattering tongue of a seductress.
^25 (G)Do not lust after her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.
²⁶ For ^(H)by means of a harlot
A man is reduced to a crust of bread;
^(I)And ^[b]an adulteress will ^(J)prey upon his precious life.
²⁷ Can a man take fire to his bosom,
And his clothes not be burned?
²⁸ Can one walk on hot coals,
And his feet not be seared?
²⁹ So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.