Proverbs 6:29 · KJV
“So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.”
— Proverbs 6:29
Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
{Men} do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
Proverbs 6 — Context
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
28Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
29So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
30{Men} do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
31But {if} he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: {It is} good for a man not to touch a woman.
Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in {his} wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger {from his right}, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. {oppress: or, defraud}
Ezekiel 22:11
And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter. {one: or, every one} {another: or, every one} {lewdly: or, by lewdness}
Leviticus 20:10
And the man that committeth adultery with {another} man's wife, {even he} that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
2 Samuel 12:9-10
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife {to be} thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel 11:3-4
And David sent and enquired after the woman. And {one} said, {Is} not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? {Bathsheba: or, Bathshuah} {Eliam: or Ammiel}
Jeremiah 5:8-9
They were {as} fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
2 Samuel 16:21
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that {are} with thee be strong.