Scriptures

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Proverbs 6
²⁰ My son, observe the commandment of your father And do not forsake the teaching of your mother;
²¹ Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck.
²² When you walk about, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you.
²³ For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And reproofs for discipline are the way of life
²⁴ To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
²⁵ Do not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.
²⁶ For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.
²⁷ Can a man take fire in his bosom And his clothes not be burned?
²⁸ Or can a man walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched?
²⁹ So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.
³⁰ Men do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry;