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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.

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;

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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

COMBINED MEANING

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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

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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