Proverbs 6:20-29
A Warning Against Committing Adultery
My son, keep your father’s command.
Don’t turn away from your mother’s teaching.
Always tie them on your heart.
Put them around your neck.
When you walk, they will guide you.
When you sleep, they will watch over you.
When you wake up, they will speak to you.
Your father’s command is like a lamp.
Your mother’s teaching is like a light.
And whatever instructs and corrects you
leads to life.
It keeps you from your neighbor’s wife.
It keeps you from the smooth talk of a woman who commits adultery.
Don’t hunger in your heart after her beauty.
Don’t let her eyes capture you.
A prostitute can be bought for only a loaf of bread.
But another man’s wife hunts your very life.
You can’t shovel fire into your lap
without burning your clothes.
You can’t walk on hot coals
without burning your feet.
It’s the same for anyone who has sex with another man’s wife.
Anyone who touches her will be punished.
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