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Proverbs 6:20-35

20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

20 My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

21 Bind them always on your heart; fasten them around your 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.

22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

23 For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,

24 To keep thee from the 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 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her 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 by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

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

27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

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

28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

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

29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

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

30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

30 People do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

32 But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.

33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

33 Blows and disgrace are his lot, and his shame will never be wiped away.

34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

34 For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

35 He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.

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