Proverbs 6:26-35 ▼

26 For a harlot consumes to a cake of bread, || And an adulteress hunts the precious soul.

27 Does a man take fire into his bosom, || And are his garments not burned?

28 Does a man walk on the hot coals, || And are his feet not scorched?

29 So [is] he who has gone in to the wife of his neighbor, || None who touches her is innocent.

30 They do not despise the thief, || When he steals to fill his soul when he is hungry,

31 And being found he repays sevenfold, || He gives all the substance of his house.

32 He who commits adultery [with] a woman lacks heart, || He who does it is destroying his soul.

33 He finds a stroke and shame, || And his reproach is not wiped away,

34 For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, || And he does not spare in a day of vengeance.

35 He does not accept the appearance of any atonement, || Indeed, he does not consent, || Though you multiply bribes!