New American Standard Bible 1995
Proverbs 6:24-29
24To 1keepH8104 you from the evilH7451 womanH802, From the smoothH2513 tongueH3956 of the 2adulteressH5237.253Do not desireH2530 her beautyH3308 in your heartH3824, NorH408 let her captureH3947 you with her 4eyelidsH6079.26For 5on accountH1157 of a harlotH2181 one is reduced to a loafH3603 of breadH3899, And 6an adulteressH802H376 7huntsH6679 for the preciousH3368 lifeH5315.27Can a manH376 8takeH2846 fireH784 in his bosomH2436 And his clothesH899 not be burnedH8313?28OrH518 can a manH376 walkH1980 on hot coalsH1513 And his feetH7272 not be scorchedH3554?29SoH3651 is the one who 9goesH935 in to his neighbor’sH7453 wifeH802; WhoeverH3605 touchesH5060 her 10will not 11goH5352 unpunishedH5352.
Notes
- 1. Proverbs 6:24 Prov 5:3; 7:5, 21 ↩
- 2. Proverbs 6:24 Lit foreign woman ↩
- 3. Proverbs 6:25 Matt 5:28 ↩
- 4. Proverbs 6:25 2 Kin 9:30; Jer 4:30; Ezek 23:40 ↩
- 5. Proverbs 6:26 Prov 5:9, 10; 29:3 ↩
- 6. Proverbs 6:26 Lit a man’s wife ↩
- 7. Proverbs 6:26 Prov 7:23; Ezek 13:18 ↩
- 8. Proverbs 6:27 Lit snatch up ↩
- 9. Proverbs 6:29 Ezek 18:6; 33:26 ↩
- 10. Proverbs 6:29 Prov 16:5 ↩
- 11. Proverbs 6:29 Lit be innocent ↩
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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