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Proverbs 6:29
29So it is with the one who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
Proverbs 6:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
- New International Version (NIV)So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.
Context of Proverbs 6:29
27Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? 28Can a man walk on burning coals without scorching his feet? So it is with the one who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished. 30People don’t despise the thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry. 31Still, if caught, he must pay seven times as much; he must give up all the wealth in his house.
Read all of Proverbs 6Proverbs 6:29 word by word
כֵּ֗ן הַ֭בָּא אֶל־אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֵ֑הוּ לֹ֥א יִ֝נָּקֶ֗ה כָּֽל־הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 6:29
- Genesis 12:18So Pharaoh sent for Abram and said, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
- Leviticus 20:10“If a man commits adultery with a married woman — if he commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife — both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
- 2 Samuel 11:3So David sent someone to inquire about her, and he said, “Isn’t this Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hethite?”
- 2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you despised the Lord’s command by doing what I consider evil? You struck down Uriah the Hethite with the sword and took his wife as your own wife — you murdered him with the Ammonite’s sword.
- 2 Samuel 16:21Ahithophel replied to Absalom, “Sleep with your father’s concubines whom he left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become repulsive to your father, everyone with you will be encouraged.”
- Jeremiah 5:8They are well-fed, eager stallions, each neighing after someone else’s wife.
- Ezekiel 22:11One man within you commits a detestable act with his neighbor’s wife; another defiles his daughter-in-law with depravity; and yet another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.
- Malachi 3:5“I will come to you in judgment, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident alien. They do not fear me,” says the Lord of Armies.
- Genesis 20:4Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said, “Lord, would you destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
- Genesis 26:10Then Abimelech said, “What have you done to us? One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us.”
- 1 Corinthians 7:1Now in response to the matters you wrote about: “It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 6:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29So he that goeth In to his neighbor's wife - As sure as he who takes fire into his bosom, or who walks upon live coals, is burnt thereby; so sure he that seduces his neighbour's wife shall be guilty. That is, he shall be punished.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-35Verses 20-35 The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own nature, of what evil consequence it is, and how certainly it destroys the spiritual life in the soul, we shall not wonder that the cautions against it are so often repeated. Let us notice the subjects of this chapter. Let us remember Him who willingly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-29walk on hot coals: Yes, this will cause his feet to blister. The results are terrible.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 27-2927-29. The guilt and danger most obvious.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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