•   Verse by verse
  •   Verse numbers
  •   Section headings
  •   Red letters

Proverbs 6:23 - 6:35

23
For the commandment is a lamp and the law is light;
And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
24
To keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
25
Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.
26
For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,
And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.
27
Can a man take fire in his bosom
And his clothes not be burned?
28
Or can a man walk on hot coals
And his feet not be scorched?
29
So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.
30
Men do not despise a thief if he steals
To fill himself when he is hungry;
31
But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold;
He must give all the substance of his house.
32
The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking a heart of wisdom;
He who would destroy his soul does it.
33
Wounds and disgrace he will find,
And his reproach will not be blotted out.
34
For jealousy enrages a man,
And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
35
He will not accept any ransom,
He will not be willing though you give many bribes.