Proverbs 6:16-32

1. 16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

2. 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

3. 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

4. 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

5. 20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

6. 21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.

7. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

8. 23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

9. 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

10. 25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

11. 26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

12. 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

13. 28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

14. 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

15. 30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

16. 31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

17. 32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

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