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Proverbs 6:32

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

KJV

Qui autem adulter est, propter cordis inopiam perdet animam suam ;

Vulgate

ὁ δὲ μοιχὸς δι’ ἔνδειαν φρενῶν ἀπώλειαν τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ περιποιεῖται,

LXX

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

ASV

נֹאֵ֣ף אִשָּׁ֣ה חֲסַר לֵ֑ב מַֽשְׁחִ֥ית נַ֝פְשׁ֗/וֹ ה֣וּא יַעֲשֶֽׂ/נָּה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הּ
h
verb · 147×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
חֲסַר
chsr
verb · 18×
י
y
noun · 591×
י
y
noun · 752×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים
mn'pym
verb · 31×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 7:25 — I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
  • Exod 20:14 — Thou shalt not commit adultery.
  • Gen 39:9 — There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
  • Gen 41:39 — And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
  • Heb 13:4 — Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
  • Hos 7:11 — Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
  • Hos 13:9 — O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
  • Job 24:15 — The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
  • Job 34:10 — Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
  • Matt 5:27 — Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
  • Prov 2:18 — For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
  • Prov 7:7 — And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
  • Prov 7:7 — And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
  • Prov 7:22 — He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
  • Prov 9:4 — Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
  • Prov 10:13 — In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
  • Prov 12:11 — He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
  • Rom 1:22 — Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,