Proverbs 6:32
He who committeth adultery [with] a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
31And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth.
33A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away,
Cross References
Genesis 39:9none is greater in this house than I, and he hath not withheld from me anything, except thee, because thou [art] his wife; and how shall I do this great evil? — then have I sinned against God.'
Exodus 20:14'Thou dost not commit adultery.
Proverbs 2:18For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.
Proverbs 5:22His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
Proverbs 7:22He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,
Proverbs 9:4'Who [is] simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said 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 →