Proverbs 6:24 - The Message24-35 They’ll protect you from promiscuous women, from the seductive talk of some temptress. Don’t lustfully fantasize on her beauty, nor be taken in by her bedroom eyes. You can buy an hour with a prostitute for a loaf of bread, but a promiscuous woman may well eat you alive. Can you build a fire in your lap and not burn your pants? Can you walk barefoot on hot coals and not get blisters? It’s the same when you have sex with your neighbor’s wife: Touch her and you’ll pay for it. No excuses. Hunger is no excuse for a thief to steal; When he’s caught he has to pay it back, even if he has to put his whole house in hock. Adultery is a brainless act, soul-destroying, self-destructive; Expect a bloody nose, a black eye, and a reputation ruined for good. For jealousy detonates rage in a cheated husband; wild for revenge, he won’t make allowances. Nothing you say or pay will make it all right; neither bribes nor reason will satisfy him. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176924 To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition24 To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a loose woman. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)24 To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue. See the chapterCommon English Bible24 They guard you from the evil woman, from the flattering tongue of the foreign woman. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version24 So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider. See the chapter |