Proverbs 6:29

Translations

Modern

So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

Traditional

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

Literal

So is the one coming in to the wife of his neighbor; anyone who touches her shall not be innocent.

Latin

…sic qui ingreditur ad mulierem proximi sui, non erit mundus cum tetigerit eam.

Interlinear

Hebrew

English

So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

Notes

Proverbs 6:27–29

walk on hot coals: Yes, this will cause his feet to blister. The results are terrible.

Proverbs 6:20–35

This passage highlights the serious danger of having a relationship with another man's wife (see also Proverbs 1:8, 23; 2:16–22; 5:1–23; 7:1–27).

Theme notes and profiles

Marriage and Sexuality Retribution

Related verses

1 Corinthians 7:1
Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good to abstain from sexual relations.
Ezekiel 22:11
One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.
Malachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
2 Samuel 12:9–10
Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
Leviticus 20:10
If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
Proverbs 16:5
Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
Genesis 12:18–19
So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
2 Samuel 11:3–4
So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
Jeremiah 5:8–9
They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
Genesis 26:10–11
“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
2 Samuel 16:21
Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”
Genesis 20:4–7
Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?

Glossary

Adultery Proverbs, Book of

Topics

Adultery: General Scriptures Concerning Having An Affair Women: Subtle and Deceitful Women: Wicked: Full of Deceit and Licentiousness Young Men: General Scriptures Concerning

Proverbs 6:29

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