Proverbs 6:32 · KJV
“{But} whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he {that} doeth it destroyeth his own soul. {understanding: Heb. heart}”
— Proverbs 6:32
But {if} he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
Proverbs 6 — Context
{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.
32{But} whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he {that} doeth it destroyeth his own soul. {understanding: Heb. heart}
33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
34For jealousy {is} the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Cross References
Proverbs 7:7
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, {the youths: Heb. the sons}
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage {is} honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
Proverbs 7:22-23
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; {straightway: Heb. suddenly}
Romans 1:22-24
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Proverbs 2:18-19
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Ecclesiastes 7:25-26
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason {of things}, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness {and} madness: {I applied...: Heb. I and mine heart compassed}
Exodus 20:14
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Genesis 39:9-10
{There is} none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou {art} his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?