Proverbs 6:24-35 ▼

24 To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

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 satisfy 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 sense; He who would destroy himself 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, Nor will he be satisfied though you give many gifts.