Proverbs 6:35
He does not accept the appearance of any atonement, || Indeed, he does not consent, || Though you multiply bribes!
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
In Context
34For jealousy [is] the fury of a man, || And he does not spare in a day of vengeance.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:3For I have been a son to my father—tender, || And an only one before my mother.
Proverbs 8:25Before mountains were sunk, || Before heights, I was brought forth.
Malachi 2:9“And I also, I have made you despised and low before all the people, || Because you are not keeping My ways, || And are accepting by superficial things in the Law.”
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 →