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the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 6:23-35

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Proverbs 6:23
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For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
Proverbs 6:24
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to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adultress.
Proverbs 6:25
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Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
Proverbs 6:26
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(a)For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
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Proverbs 6:27
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Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?
Proverbs 6:28
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Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?
Proverbs 6:29
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So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
Proverbs 6:30
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Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
Proverbs 6:31
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Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.
Proverbs 6:32
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But he who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
Proverbs 6:33
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Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
Proverbs 6:34
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For jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.
Proverbs 6:35
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He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
 
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