Proverbs 6:23-35
New American Standard Bible
23 For (A)the commandment is a lamp and the [a]teaching is light;
And rebukes for discipline are the way of life
24 To (B)keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
25 (C)Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her (D)eyelids.
26 For (E)the price of a prostitute reduces one to a loaf of bread,
And [b]an adulteress (F)hunts for a precious life.
27 Can anyone take fire in his lap
And his clothes not be burned?
28 Or can a person walk on hot coals
And his feet not be scorched?
29 So is the one who (G)goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her (H)will not [c]go unpunished.
30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
To (I)satisfy [d]himself when he is hungry;
31 But when he is found, he must (J)repay seven times as much;
He must give up all the property of his house.
32 One who commits adultery with a woman is (K)lacking [e]sense;
He who would (L)destroy [f]himself commits it.
33 He will find wounds and disgrace,
And his shame will not be removed.
34 For (M)jealousy [g]enrages a man,
And he will not have compassion on the (N)day of vengeance.
35 He will not [h]accept any settlement,
Nor will he be [i]satisfied though you make it a large gift.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:23 Or law
- Proverbs 6:26 Lit a man’s wife
- Proverbs 6:29 Lit be innocent
- Proverbs 6:30 Lit his soul
- Proverbs 6:32 Lit heart
- Proverbs 6:32 Lit his soul
- Proverbs 6:34 Lit is the rage of
- Proverbs 6:35 Lit lift up the face of any
- Proverbs 6:35 Lit willing
Proverbs 6:23-35
New Living Translation
23 For their command is a lamp
and their instruction a light;
their corrective discipline
is the way to life.
24 It will keep you from the immoral woman,
from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.
25 Don’t lust for her beauty.
Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.
26 For a prostitute will bring you to poverty,[a]
but sleeping with another man’s wife will cost you your life.
27 Can a man scoop a flame into his lap
and not have his clothes catch on fire?
28 Can he walk on hot coals
and not blister his feet?
29 So it is with the man who sleeps with another man’s wife.
He who embraces her will not go unpunished.
30 Excuses might be found for a thief
who steals because he is starving.
31 But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole,
even if he has to sell everything in his house.
32 But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool,
for he destroys himself.
33 He will be wounded and disgraced.
His shame will never be erased.
34 For the woman’s jealous husband will be furious,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35 He will accept no compensation,
nor be satisfied with a payoff of any size.
Footnotes
- 6:26 Hebrew to a loaf of bread.
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