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Obey Parental Commands and the Dangers of Adultery

Proverbs 6:20-35

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Chapter 6
20 Guard, my son, your father's commandments, and do not abandon your mother's Torah. 21 Bind them continually on your heart; hang them on your throat. 22 When you walk about, it will guide you; when you lie down, it will guard you; and when you arise, it will talk with you. 23 For the commandment is a lamp, the Torah is light, and the rebukes of discipline are the way of life. 24 to keep you from an evil woman, from the dividing tongue of a foreign woman. 25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her take you with her eyelids. 26 For on account of a prostitute, a man is reduced to a loaf of bread, but a man's wife hunts a precious nephesh. 27 Can a man take fire into his bosom and his garments not be burned? 28 If a man walks on coals, his feet are not scorched. 29 So the one who comes to his fellow's wife will not be acquitted—every one who touches her. 30 They will not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his vital life force because he is famished. 31 And if it is found, he will repay sevenfold; he will give all the wealth of his house. 32 The adulterer with a woman lacks heart; he destroys his nephesh—he will do it. 33 A plague and disgrace he will find, and his reproach will not be blotted out. 34 For jealousy is the fury of a mighty one, and he will not spare on the Day of vengeance. 35 He will not accept any ransom, and he will not be willing if you multiply a bribe.