Proverbs 6
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Proverbs 6:24-35

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 unpunishedH5352.3012Men do not despiseH936 a thiefH1590 ifH3588 he stealsH1589 To 13satisfyH4390 14himselfH5315 whenH3588 he is hungryH7456;31But when he is foundH4672, he must 15repayH7999 sevenfoldH7659; He must giveH5414 allH3605 the 16substanceH1952 of his houseH1004.32The one who commitsH5003 adulteryH5003 with a womanH802 is 17lackingH2638 18senseH3820; He who would 19destroyH7843 20himselfH5315 doesH6213 it.33WoundsH5061 and disgraceH7036 he will findH4672, And his reproachH2781 will not be blottedH4229 out.34For 21jealousyH7068 22enragesH2534 a manH1397, And he will not spareH2550 in the 23dayH3117 of vengeanceH5359.35He will not 24acceptH5375H6440 anyH3605 ransomH3724, NorH3808 will he be 25satisfiedH14 thoughH3588 you giveH7235 manyH7235 26giftsH7810.

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Notes

  1. 1. Proverbs 6:24 Prov 5:3; 7:5, 21 ↩
  2. 2. Proverbs 6:24 Lit foreign woman ↩
  3. 3. Proverbs 6:25 Matt 5:28 ↩
  4. 4. Proverbs 6:25 2 Kin 9:30; Jer 4:30; Ezek 23:40 ↩
  5. 5. Proverbs 6:26 Prov 5:9, 10; 29:3 ↩
  6. 6. Proverbs 6:26 Lit a man’s wife ↩
  7. 7. Proverbs 6:26 Prov 7:23; Ezek 13:18 ↩
  8. 8. Proverbs 6:27 Lit snatch up ↩
  9. 9. Proverbs 6:29 Ezek 18:6; 33:26 ↩
  10. 10. Proverbs 6:29 Prov 16:5 ↩
  11. 11. Proverbs 6:29 Lit be innocent ↩
  12. 12. Proverbs 6:30 Lit They do not; or Do not men...? ↩
  13. 13. Proverbs 6:30 Job 38:39 ↩
  14. 14. Proverbs 6:30 Lit his soul ↩
  15. 15. Proverbs 6:31 Ex 22:1-4 ↩
  16. 16. Proverbs 6:31 Or wealth ↩
  17. 17. Proverbs 6:32 Prov 7:7; 9:4, 16; 10:13, 21; 11:12; 12:11 ↩
  18. 18. Proverbs 6:32 Lit heart ↩
  19. 19. Proverbs 6:32 Prov 7:22, 23 ↩
  20. 20. Proverbs 6:32 Lit his soul ↩
  21. 21. Proverbs 6:34 Prov 27:4; Song 8:6 ↩
  22. 22. Proverbs 6:34 Lit is the rage of ↩
  23. 23. Proverbs 6:34 Prov 11:4 ↩
  24. 24. Proverbs 6:35 Lit lift up the face of any ↩
  25. 25. Proverbs 6:35 Lit willing ↩
  26. 26. Proverbs 6:35 Or bribes ↩

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