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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