Proverbs 6:32 “He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himse…”

Proverbs 6:32

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

He who takes another man's wife is without all sense: he who does it is the cause of destruction to his soul.

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Cross references

“lacketh”

Proverbs 7:7 Romans 1:22–24 Genesis 41:39 Jeremiah 5:8 Jeremiah 5:21 Genesis 39:9

Proverbs 7:7 · BSB

I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,

Romans 1:22–24 · BSB

Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,

Genesis 41:39 · BSB

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

Jeremiah 5:8 · BSB

They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

Jeremiah 5:21 · BSB

“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.

Genesis 39:9 · BSB

No 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?”

“understanding”

Hosea 4:11 Hosea 4:12

Hosea 4:11 · BSB

to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.

Hosea 4:12 · BSB

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 their God.

“destroyeth”

Hebrews 13:4 Proverbs 8:36 Proverbs 9:16–18 Ezekiel 18:31 Hosea 13:9 Proverbs 2:18

Hebrews 13:4 · BSB

Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Proverbs 8:36 · BSB

But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”

Proverbs 9:16–18 · BSB

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

Ezekiel 18:31 · BSB

Cast 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?

Hosea 13:9 · BSB

You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper.

Proverbs 2:18 · BSB

For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.

Also

Exodus 20:14 Proverbs 9:4

Exodus 20:14 · BSB

You shall not commit adultery.

Proverbs 9:4 · BSB

“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

31Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.

33Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.

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