Proverbs 6:20-35
Warnings against Adultery

20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.

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22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

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23 For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:

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24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

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25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

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26 For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

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27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

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28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

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29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

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30 [Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

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31 But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

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32 [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

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33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

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34 For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

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