Proverbs 30:20

Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having washed herself from what she has done, says she has done nothing * amiss.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 track of a flying eagle; and the ways of a serpent on a rock; and the paths of a ship passing through the sea; and the ways of a man in youth.

21By three things the earth is troubled, and the fourth it can’t bear:

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Cross References

2 Samuel 11:4And David sent messengers, and took her, and went in to her, and he lay with her: and she was purified from her uncleanness, and returned to her house.

Proverbs 7:13Then she caught him, and kissed him, 1 And with an impudent face said to him, 1

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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