Proverbs 6 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition（CEVDCI）

Don't Be Foolish

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25Don't let yourself be attracted

by the charm and lovely eyes

of someone like that.

26A woman who sells her love

can be bought for as little

as the price of a meal.

But making love

to another man's wife

will cost you everything.

27If you carry burning coals,

you burn your clothes;

28if you step on hot coals,

you burn your feet.

29And if you go to bed

with another man's wife,

you pay the price.

30We don't put up with thieves,

not even with one who steals

for something to eat.

31And thieves who get caught

must pay back

seven times what was stolen

and lose everything.

32But if you go to bed

with another man's wife,

you will destroy yourself

by your own stupidity.

33You will be beaten

and forever disgraced,

34because a jealous husband

can be furious and merciless

when he takes revenge.

35He won't let you pay him off,

no matter what you offer.