Proverbs 6:16–29

16  These asix things doth the Lord hate:

Yea, aseven are an abomination †unto him:

17  †A proud look, ba lying tongue,

And cehands that shed innocent blood,

18  dAn heart that deviseth ewicked imaginations,

efFeet that be swift in running to mischief,

19  A false witness gthat speaketh lies,

And he that hsoweth discord among brethren.

20  iMy son, keep thy father’s commandment,

And iforsake not the law of thy mother:

21  kBind them continually upon thine heart,

And ltie them about thy mneck.

22  nWhen thou goest, it shall lead thee;

nWhen thou sleepest, it oshall keep thee;

And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

23  For the commandment is pa ||lamp; and the law is plight;

And ppreproofs of instruction are the way of life:

24  To keep thee from the evil woman,

From qthe flattery ||of the tongue of a rstrange woman.

25  sLust not after her beauty in thine heart;

Neither let her take thee with ther eyelids.

26  For uby means of a whorish woman a man is brought to xa piece of bread:

And †the adulteress will yhunt for zthe precious life.

27  Can a man atake bfire in chis bosom,

And his clothes not be burned?

28  Can one dgo upon hot coals,

And his feet not be dburned?

29  So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife;

Whosoever toucheth her shall not be ddinnocent.