Proverbs 6:32
He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
31Yet, if found, he must pay back sevenfold, All the substance of his house, must he give:
33Smiting and shame, shall he find, and, his reproach, shall not be wiped out;
Cross References
Genesis 39:9There is no one greater in this house than I, neither hath he withheld from me anything, save only thyself in that thou, art his wife,—how, then could I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
Exodus 20:14Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Proverbs 2:18For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses;
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized.
Proverbs 7:22Going after her instantly, as an ox, to the slaughter, he entereth, and, as in fetters, unto the correction of a fool.
Proverbs 9:4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither, as for him that lacketh 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 →