Proverbs 6:32

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A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense, whoever does it destroys his own life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 7:7 : 7 and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense.
  • Prov 7:22-23 : 22 Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare 23 till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.
  • Gen 39:9-9 : 9 There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?” 10 Even though she continued to speak to Joseph day after day, he did not respond to her invitation to go to bed with her.
  • Gen 41:39 : 39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph,“Because God has enabled you to know all this, there is no one as wise and discerning as you are!
  • Exod 20:14 : 14 “You shall not commit adultery.
  • Prov 2:18-19 : 18 For she has set her house by death, and her paths by the place of the departed spirits. 19 None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life.
  • Heb 13:4 : 4 Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.
  • Prov 5:22-23 : 22 The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin. 23 He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.
  • Prov 8:36 : 36 But the one who misses me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death."
  • Prov 9:4 : 4 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding, she has said,
  • Prov 9:16-18 : 16 “Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,” To those who lack understanding she has said, 17 “Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!” 18 But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
  • Eccl 7:25-26 : 25 True Righteousness and Wisdom Are Virtually Nonexistent I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly. 26 I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.
  • Jer 5:8 : 8 They are like lusty, well-fed stallions. Each of them lusts after his neighbor’s wife.
  • Jer 5:21 : 21 Tell them:‘Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
  • Ezek 18:31 : 31 Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel?
  • Hos 4:11-12 : 11 Judgment of Pagan Idolatry and Cultic Prostitution Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people. 12 They consult their wooden idols, and their diviner’s staff answers with an oracle. The wind of prostitution blows them astray; they commit spiritual adultery against their God.
  • Hos 13:9 : 9 Israel’s King Unable to Deliver the Nation I will destroy you, O Israel! Who is there to help you?
  • Rom 1:22-24 : 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles. 24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves.

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  • 33 He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away;

  • Prov 6:24-27
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    24 by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman.

    25 Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes;

    26 for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.

    27 Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?

  • 32 “‘Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband!

  • Prov 6:29-31
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    29 So it is with the one who sleeps with his neighbor’s wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment.

    30 People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry.

    31 Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.

  • Matt 5:27-28
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    27 Adultery“You have heard that it was said,‘Do not commit adultery.’

    28 But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

  • 10 If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

  • 14 “You shall not commit adultery.

  • 18 Flee sexual immorality!“Every sin a person commits is outside of the body”– but the immoral person sins against his own body.

  • 8 The one who acquires understanding loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper.

  • 20 This is the way of an adulterous woman: she has eaten and wiped her mouth and has said,“I have not done wrong.”

  • 20 But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman?

  • 13 and a man goes to bed with her, for sexual relations, without her husband knowing it, and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since there was no witness against her, nor was she caught–

  • 18 You must not commit adultery.

  • 16 Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said,“The two will become one flesh.”

  • 36 But the one who misses me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death."

  • Prov 2:16-17
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    16 to deliver you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who has flattered you with her words;

    17 who leaves the husband from her younger days, and has ignored her marriage covenant made before God.

  • 11 So he told them,“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

  • 11 (though the father did not do any of them). He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains, defiles his neighbor’s wife,

  • 11 For he who said,“Do not commit adultery,” also said,“Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law.

  • 16 The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die.

  • 18 “Everyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery.

  • 32 But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

  • 10 Your schemes will bring shame to your house. Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct.

  • 24 Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

  • 26 I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter’s snare; her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

  • 22 You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

  • Prov 5:8-9
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    8 Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,

    9 lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,

  • 22 Suddenly he was going after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper’s snare

  • 3 The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth.

  • 4 Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

  • 16 Moral and Ceremonial Laws“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and goes to bed with her, he must surely pay the marriage price for her to be his wife.

  • 19 The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.

  • 14 The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.

  • 11 Judgment of Pagan Idolatry and Cultic Prostitution Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.

  • 2 It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

  • 30 You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.

  • 15 He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor’s wife,

  • 15 The LORD says to the people of Judah,“What right do you have to be in my temple, my beloved people? Many of you have done wicked things. Can your acts of treachery be so easily canceled by sacred offerings that you take joy in doing evil even while you make them?

  • 7 and I saw among the naive– I discerned among the youths– a young man who lacked sense.

  • 3 or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin–

  • 2 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.

  • 15 Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death.