Sprueche 6:29-35

29 Also gehet's dem, der zu seines Nächsten Weib geht; es bleibt keiner ungestraft, der sie berührt.
30 Es ist einem Diebe nicht so große Schmach, ob er stiehlt, seine Seele zu sättigen, weil ihn hungert;
31 und ob er ergriffen wird, gibt er's siebenfältig wieder und legt dar alles Gut in seinem Hause.
32 Aber wer mit einem Weibe die Ehe bricht, der ist ein Narr; der bringt sein Leben ins Verderben.
33 Dazu trifft ihn Plage und Schande, und seine Schande wird nicht ausgetilgt.
34 Denn der Grimm des Mannes eifert, und schont nicht zur Zeit der Rache
35 und sieht keine Person an, die da versöhne, und nimmt's nicht an, ob du viel schenken wolltest.

Sprueche 6:29-35 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PROVERBS 6

In this chapter the wise man dissuades from rash suretyship; exposes the sin of idleness; describes a wicked man; makes mention of seven things hateful to God; exhorts to attend to parental instructions and precepts, and cautions against adultery. Suretyship is described, Pr 6:1; and represented as a snare and a net, in which men are taken, Pr 6:2; and advice is given what to do in such a case, for safety in it, and deliverance from it, Pr 6:3-5; The sin of slothfulness is exposed, by observing the industry of the ant, Pr 6:6-8; by expostulating with the sluggard for his continuance in sloth, and by mimicking him, Pr 6:9,10; and by the poverty it brings upon him, Pr 6:11. Then a naughty wicked man is described, by his mouth, eyes, feet, fingers, and heart, whose ruin is sudden and inevitable, Pr 6:11-15. The seven things hateful to God are particularly named, Pr 6:16-19. And next the exhortation in some preceding chapters is reassumed, to attend to the instructions of parents; which will be found ornamental, pleasant, and useful, Pr 6:20-23. Especially to preserve from the lewd woman cautioned against, Pr 6:24,25; whose company is dissuaded from; on account of the extreme poverty and distress she brings persons to, and even danger of life, Pr 6:26; from the unavoidable ruin such come into, Pr 6:27-29; from the sin of uncleanness being greater than that of theft, Pr 6:30,31; from the folly the adulterer betrays; from the destruction of his soul, and the disgrace he brings on himself, Pr 6:32,33; and from the rage and irreconcilable offence of the husband of the adulteress, Pr 6:34,35.

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