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Proverbs 6:20-35

Revised Standard Version RSV

20 My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.

21 Bind them upon your heart always; tie them about your neck.

22 When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you.

23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

24 to preserve you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adventuress.

25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;

26 for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.

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

28 Or can one walk upon hot coals and his feet not be scorched?

29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.

30 Do not men despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his appetite when he is hungry?

31 And if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house.

32 He who commits adultery has no sense; he who does it destroys himself.

33 Wounds and dishonor will he get, and his disgrace will not be wiped away.

34 For jealousy makes a man furious, and he will not spare when he takes revenge.

35 He will accept no compensation, nor be appeased though you multiply gifts.

New International Version NIV

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

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

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

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

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

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 scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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