Warnings Against Adultery
20lMy son, keep your father's commandment,
land forsake not your mother's teaching.
21mBind them on your heart always;
ntie them around your neck.
22oWhen you walk, they4 will lead you;
owhen you lie down, they will pwatch over you;
and when you awake, they will talk with you.
23For the commandment is qa lamp and the teaching a light,
and the rreproofs of discipline are the way of life,
24to preserve you from the evil woman,5
from the smooth tongue of sthe adulteress.6
25tDo not desire her beauty in your heart,
and do not let her capture you with her ueyelashes;
26for vthe price of a prostitute is only wa loaf of bread,7
but a married woman8 xhunts down a precious life.
27Can a man carry yfire next to his zchest
and his clothes not be burned?
28Or can one awalk on hot coals
and his feet not be scorched?
29So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife;
none who touches her bwill go unpunished.
Footnotes
The Prophesied Kingdom — Part One
Ezra 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 36:31 • ID: 2390The Prophesied Kingdom — Part Two
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Proverbs 6:20–29 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 40:46 • ID: 0171Wise Words
Unlocking Treasure in the Book of Proverbs Proverbs 1:1–31:31 Series • ID: 24301Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.