Proverbs 6:32

He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

In Context

31But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.

33Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.

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Cross References

Genesis 39:9So that no one has more authority in this house than I have; he has kept nothing back from me but you, because you are his wife; how then may I do this great wrong, sinning against God?

Exodus 20:14Do not be false to the married relation.

Proverbs 2:18For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

Proverbs 5:22The evil-doer will be taken in the net of his crimes, and prisoned in the cords of his sin.

Proverbs 7:22The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

Proverbs 9:4Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says:

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 →

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