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Proverbs 6:20-35

20 My son, observe the commandment of your father And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;

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

21 Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.

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

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

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 teaching is light; And reproofs for discipline 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 you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

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

25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.

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

26 For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts 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 Or can a man walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched?

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

29 So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.

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 steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry;

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

31 But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold; He must 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 The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; He who would destroy himself does it.

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

33 Wounds and disgrace he will find, And his reproach will not be blotted out.

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

34 For jealousy enrages a man, And 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 accept any ransom, Nor will he be satisfied though you give many gifts.

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