Proverbs 6:29
It's the same for anyone who sleeps with another man's wife. No one who touches her will remain unpunished.
Free Bible Version
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 you walk on hot coals and not scorch your feet?
30People don't condemn a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he's hungry.
Cross References
Genesis 20:2During his time there, when Abraham told people about his wife Sarah, he said, “She's my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her to become one of his wives.
Genesis 20:6God told him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this in all innocence, so I prevented you from sinning against me. That's why I didn't let you touch her.
Leviticus 18:20Don't commit any sex act with any other man's wife. This would pollute you and make you unclean.
2 Samuel 11:3David sent someone to find out about the woman. He was told, “It's Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, and wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
2 Samuel 12:9So why have you treated what the Lord said with contempt by doing evil in his sight? You killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword and stole his wife—you killed him using the sword of the Ammonites.
Proverbs 16:5The Lord hates the arrogant. You can be certain of this: the wicked won't go unpunished.
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 →