Proverbs 6:29
So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
In Context
28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched?
30They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry:
Cross References
Genesis 20:2And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
Genesis 20:6And God said to him in a dream, I also knew that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart, and I, too, have withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore have I not suffered thee to touch her.
Leviticus 18:20And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to become unclean with her.
2 Samuel 11:3and David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urijah the Hittite?
2 Samuel 12:9Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah to do evil in his sight? thou hast smitten Urijah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Proverbs 16:5Every proud heart is an abomination to Jehovah: hand for hand, he shall not be held innocent.
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 →