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Proverbs 6:32–33

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But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
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From verse 32

  1. Proverbs 7:7Rank 1 from verse 32
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    7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

  2. Hebrews 13:4Rank 2 from verse 32
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    4Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

  3. Proverbs 7:22–23Rank 3 from verse 32
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    22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

    23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

  4. Romans 1:22–24Rank 4 from verse 32
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    22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

    23And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

    24Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

  5. Ecclesiastes 7:25–26Rank 5 from verse 32
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    25I 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:

    26And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

  6. Proverbs 2:18–19Rank 6 from verse 32
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    18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

    19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

  7. Exodus 20:14Rank 7 from verse 32
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    14Thou shalt not commit adultery.

  8. Genesis 39:9–10Rank 8 from verse 32
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    9There 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?

    10And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

  9. Genesis 41:39Rank 9 from verse 32
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    39And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:

  10. Ezekiel 18:31Rank 10 from verse 32
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    31¶ Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

  11. Hosea 4:11–12Rank 11 from verse 32
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    11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

    12¶ My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

  12. Jeremiah 5:21Rank 12 from verse 32
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    21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

  13. Jeremiah 5:8Rank 13 from verse 32
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    8They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

  14. Proverbs 5:22–23Rank 14 from verse 32
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    22¶ His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

    23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

  15. Proverbs 8:36Rank 15 from verse 32
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    36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

  16. Proverbs 9:16–18Rank 16 from verse 32
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    16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

    17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

    18But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

  17. Proverbs 9:4Rank 17 from verse 32
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    4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

  18. Hosea 13:9Rank 18 from verse 32
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    9¶ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

From verse 33

  1. Proverbs 5:9–11Rank 1 from verse 33
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    9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

    10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

    11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

  2. 1 Kings 15:5Rank 2 from verse 33
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    5Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

  3. Genesis 49:4Rank 3 from verse 33
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    4Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.

  4. Judges 16:19–21Rank 4 from verse 33
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    19And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

    20And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from him.

    21¶ But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

  5. Matthew 1:6Rank 5 from verse 33
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    6And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;

  6. Nehemiah 13:26Rank 6 from verse 33
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    26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

  7. Psalms 38:1–8Rank 7 from verse 33
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    1O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

    2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

    3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

    4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

    5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

    6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

    7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

    8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

  8. Psalms 51:1Rank 8 from verse 33
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    1HAVE mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

  9. Psalms 51:8Rank 9 from verse 33
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    8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

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Proverbs 6:32

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

understanding

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1. The capacity or act of perceiving, comprehending, discerning, judging, interpreting, or applying knowledge. 2. Knowledge, insight, wisdom, or prudent judgment possessed or gained. 3. Skill or ability in a work, art, subject, vision, saying, or interpretation.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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destroyeth

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Third-person singular present form of destroy. Sense 1: Ruins, demolishes, consumes, or lays waste. Sense 2: Kills or cuts off. Sense 3: Causes a thing's structure, use, activity, or present condition to cease.

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soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

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Proverbs 6:33

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wound

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1. An injury or hurt, or to cause one. 2. As the past tense of ‘wind,’ wrapped or bound around.

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dishonour

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1. Shame, disgrace, reproach, or lack of honour. 2. To treat shamefully or without honour.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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get

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To procure; to obtain; to gain possession of, by almost any means.

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reproach

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Sense 1: Shame, disgrace, dishonour, contempt, blame, reviling, or taunt. Sense 2: As a verb, to shame, insult, blame, or speak contemptuously against.

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wiped

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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of wipe, meaning to clean, dry, or remove by rubbing. Sense 2: To clear or take away completely.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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6:31But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

6:32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

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6:33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

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6:34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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