Proverbs 30:20

New International Reader's Version

“This is the way of a woman who commits adultery. She eats and wipes her mouth. Then she says, ‘I haven’t done anything wrong.’

Cross References

2 Samuel 11:4

Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him. And he slept with her. Then she went back home. All of that took place after she had already made herself “clean” from her monthly period.

Proverbs 30:21

“Under three things the earth shakes. Under four things it can’t stand up.

Proverbs 5:6

She doesn’t give any thought to her way of life. Her paths have no direction, but she doesn’t realize it.

Jeremiah 2:23

“You say, ‘I am “clean.” I haven’t followed the gods that are named Baal.’ How can you say that? Remember how you acted in the valley. Consider what you have done. You are like a female camel running quickly here and there.