Proverbs 6:32

But the adulterer through lack of sense procures destruction to his soul.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

In Context

31but if he should be taken, he shall repay sevenfold, and shall deliver himself by giving all his goods.

33He endures both pain and disgrace, and his reproach shall never be wiped off.

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Cross References

Genesis 39:9and in this house there is nothing above me, nor has anything been kept back from me, but you, because you are his wife—how then shall I do this wicked thing, and sin against God?

Exodus 20:14+ 20:14 Mark 10:19 You shall not steal.

Proverbs 2:18For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the + 2:18 See Heb. giants.

Proverbs 5:22Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins.

Proverbs 7:22And he followed her, being gently led on, and that as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow:

Proverbs 9:4Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: and to them that lack understanding she says,

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 →

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