32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
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And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; …
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, …
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? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-35)Here is, I. A general exhortation faithfully to adhere to the word of God and to take it for our guide in all our actions. 1. We must look upon the word of God both as a light (Pr. 6:23) and as a law, Pr. 6:20 , 23 . (1.) By its arguments it is a light, which our understandings must subscribe to; it is a lamp to our eyes for discovery, and so to our feet for direction. The word of God reveals to u…
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