Proverbs 6:20-35

20My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother.

21Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck.

22When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you.

23For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

24by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

25Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

26for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

27Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?

28Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

29So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.

30People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.

31Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.

32A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life.

33He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away;

34for jealousy kindles a husband’s rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge.

35He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.