Proverbs 6:32

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Prov 7:7 : 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
  • Prov 7:22-23 : 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
  • Gen 39:9-9 : 9 [There is] none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou [art] his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? 10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, [or] to be with her.
  • Gen 41:39 : 39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, [there is] none so discreet and wise as thou [art]:
  • Exod 20:14 : 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
  • Prov 2:18-19 : 18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. 19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
  • Prov 5:22-23 : 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. 23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
  • Prov 8:36 : 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
  • Prov 9:4 : 4 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
  • Prov 9:16-18 : 16 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, 17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant. 18 But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
  • Eccl 7:25-26 : 25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness: 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
  • Jer 5:8 : 8 They were [as] fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
  • Ezek 18:31 : 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
  • Hos 4:11-12 : 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. 12 ¶ My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
  • Hos 13:9 : 9 ¶ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me [is] thine help.
  • Rom 1:22-24 : 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. 24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

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

  • Prov 6:24-27
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    24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

    25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

    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.

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

  • 32 [But as] a wife that committeth adultery, [which] taketh strangers instead of her husband!

  • Prov 6:29-31
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    29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

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

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

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    27 ¶ ‹Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:›

    28 ‹But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.›

  • 10 ¶ And the man that committeth adultery with [another] man's wife, [even he] that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

  • 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

  • 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

  • 8 ¶ He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

  • 20 Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

  • 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

  • 13 And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and [there be] no witness against her, neither she be taken [with the manner];

  • 18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

  • 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.

  • 36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

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    16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;

    17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

  • 11 And he saith unto them, ‹Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.›

  • 11 And that doeth not any of those [duties], but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

  • 11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

  • 16 ¶ He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; [but] he that despiseth his ways shall die.

  • 18 ‹Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from› [her] ‹husband committeth adultery.›

  • 32 ‹But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.›

  • 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned [against] thy soul.

  • 24 ¶ Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth [it] not.

  • 26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart [is] snares and nets, [and] her hands [as] bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

  • 22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege?

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    8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

    9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

  • 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

  • 3 ¶ Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth [his] substance.

  • 4 Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

  • 16 ¶ And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.

  • 19 ¶ He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

  • 14 ¶ The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

  • 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

  • 2 ¶ Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.

  • 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

  • 15 [That] hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,

  • 15 What hath my beloved to do in mine house, [seeing] she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest.

  • 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

  • 3 Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:

  • 2 ¶ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

  • 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.