Parallel Bible results for "proverbs 6:24-29"

Proverbs 6:24-29

24 To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife, from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.

25 Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.

25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

26 For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.

26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life.

27 Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?

27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?

28 Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?

28 Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?

29 So [is] he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.

29 So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.