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6:20-35
ASV
Proverbs
Chapter 6
Proverbs
6:20-35
ASV
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20
My son, comply with the commandment of your father,
And do not ignore the teaching of your mother;
21
Bind them continually on your heart;
Tie them around your neck.
22
When you walk, they will guide you;
When you sleep, they will watch over you;
And when you awake, they will talk to you.
23
For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light;
And rebukes for discipline are the way of life
24
To keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
25
Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.
26
For the price of a prostitute reduces one to a loaf of bread,
And an adulteress hunts for a precious life.
27
Can anyone take fire in his lap
And his clothes not be burned?
28
Or can a person walk on hot coals
And his feet not be scorched?
29
So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.
30
People do not despise a thief if he steals
To satisfy himself when he is hungry;
31
But when he is found, he must repay seven times as much;
He must give up all the property of his house.
32
One who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense;
He who would destroy himself commits it.
33
He will find wounds and disgrace,
And his shame will not be removed.
34
For jealousy enrages a man,
And he will not have compassion on the day of vengeance.
35
He will not accept any settlement,
Nor will he be satisfied though you make it a large gift.
