Proverbs 6:29
So it is with him who goes in to his neighbour's wife; he who has anything to do with her will not go free from punishment.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
In Context
28Or may one go on lighted coals, and his feet not be burned?
30Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:
Cross References
Genesis 20:2And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.
Genesis 20:6And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.
Leviticus 18:20And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.
2 Samuel 11:3And David sent to get knowledge who the woman was. And one said, Is this not Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam and wife of Uriah the Hittite?
2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Proverbs 16:5Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:21-35
Parental Cautions; Cautions against Impurity. 20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange… Read the whole commentary →