Proverbs 6:32
But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh sense: he that is the destroyer of his soul, will alone do this.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
31And if he be found, he must pay sevenfold; all the wealth his house must he give.
33Plague and disgrace will he meet with; and his reproach will not be blotted out.
Cross References
Genesis 39:9There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great evil, and sin against God?
Exodus 20:14Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Proverbs 2:18For she sinketh unto death—her house, and unto the departed [lead] her tracks.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities will truly catch the wicked, and with the cords of his sin will he be held firmly.
Proverbs 7:22He followed after her suddenly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as in fetters to his correction, the fool:
Proverbs 9:4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that is void of sense, she saith to him,
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 →