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Proverbs 6:20-29

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

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

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

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

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 a light, and the reproofs of 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 preserve 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, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;

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

26 for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread, but a married womanhunts down a 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 carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned?

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

28 Or can one 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 he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; none who touches her will go unpunished.

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

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