Proverbs 6:24-32

Legacy Standard Bible

²⁴ To ^(A)keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
^25 (B)Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her ^(C)eyelids.
²⁶ For ^(D)on account of ^[a]a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,
And ^[b]an adulteress ^(E)hunts for the precious ^[c]life.
²⁷ Can a man ^[d]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 ^(F)goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her ^(G)will not ^[e]go unpunished.
^30 [f]Men do not despise a thief if he steals
To ^(H)fill ^[g]himself when he is hungry;
³¹ But when he is found, he must ^(I)repay sevenfold;
He must give all the ^[h]substance of his house.
³² The one who commits adultery with a woman is ^(J)lacking a heart of wisdom;
He who would ^(K)destroy his soul does it.