Proverbs 6:32

But a man who commits adultery with some woman is very foolish, because he is destroying his own self/soul by what he is doing.

Translation for Translators

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 steals something and then is caught by the police, he will have to pay back ◄seven times as much as/much more than► he stole. He may need to sell everything that is in his house to get enough money to pay it back.

33That woman’s husband will wound him badly, and other people will despise him. His shame will never end.

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Cross References

Genesis 39:9No one in this household has more authority than I do. The only thing that he has not allowed me to have is you, because you are his wife! So ◄how could I do this wicked thing that you are asking me to do?/I certainly could not do this wicked thing!► [RHQ] I would be sinning against God if I did that!”

Exodus 20:14Do not ◄commit adultery/have sex with anyone other than your spouse►.

Proverbs 2:18If you go into houses of women who are like that, you will die when you are still young; the road to their houses leads to hell.

Proverbs 5:22Evil men’s sinful desires hold them fast; their sins are like ropes that bind them.

Proverbs 7:22And he went with her immediately, like an ox that was going to where it would be slaughtered, or like a deer (OR, a fool) that is stepping into a noose/trap,

Proverbs 9:4“You people who need to understand more, come in!” And to those who are ignorant, it is as though she calls out,

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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