Proverbs 6:32

In 11 translations

BSB

He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

KJV

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

WEB

He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

ASV

He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

LSV

He who commits adultery [with] a woman lacks heart, || He who does it is destroying his soul.

YLT

He who committeth adultery [with] a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

DBY

Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

DRC

But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:

GNV

But he that committeth adulterie with a woman, he is destitute of vnderstanding: he that doeth it, destroyeth his owne soule.

JPS

He that committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding; he doeth it that would destroy his own soul.

LXXE

But the adulterer through want of sense procures destruction to his soul.

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Original-language editions

WLC

נֹאֵ֣ף אִשָּׁ֣ה חֲסַר־לֵ֑ב מַֽשְׁחִ֥ית נַ֝פְשׁ֗וֹ ה֣וּא יַעֲשֶֽׂנָּה׃

LXX-Br

Ὁ δὲ μοιχὸς διʼ ἔνδειαν φρενῶν ἀπώλειαν τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ περιποιεῖται,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 7:7I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
• Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
• Proverbs 7:22–23He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap, until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare— not knowing it will cost him his life.
• Romans 1:22–24Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts…
• Proverbs 2:18–19For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits. None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
• Ecclesiastes 7:25–26I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness. And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare,…
• Genesis 39:9–10No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?” Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day…
• Exodus 20:14You shall not commit adultery.
• Genesis 41:39Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
• Hosea 4:11–12Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding. My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against…
• Proverbs 5:22–23The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him. He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
• Proverbs 9:4“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
• Jeremiah 5:21“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
• Proverbs 8:36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
• Ezekiel 18:31Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
• Proverbs 9:16–18“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment. “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!” But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the…

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