Proverbs 30:20

This is the way of a woman who commits adultery: she eats, she wipes her mouth, and then says, “I haven't done anything wrong!”

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In The King James Version

Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

In Context

19The way an eagle soars in the sky, the way a snake slides over a rock, the way a ship sails across the sea, the way a man and a woman fall in love.

21Three things make the earth tremble, there are four things it can't support:

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Cross References

2 Samuel 11:4David sent messengers to fetch her. When she came to him, he had sex with her. (Now she had just purified herself from having her period.) Afterwards she went back home.

Proverbs 7:13She grabbed hold of him and kissed him, and with a bold face she told him,

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:19-24

Four Things Little and Wise. 18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: 19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. 21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: 22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled… Read the whole commentary →

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