Proverbs 6:16-35

The Lord hates six things; in fact, seven are detestable to him: arrogant eyes,  a lying tongue,  hands that shed innocent blood,  a heart that plots wicked schemes,  feet eager to run to evil,  a lying witness who gives false testimony,  and one who stirs up trouble among brothers.  My son, keep your father’s command, and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.  Always bind them to your heart; tie them around your neck.  When you walk here and there, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you. For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,  and corrective discipline is the way to life.  They will protect you from an evil woman,  from the flattering tongue of a wayward woman.  Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty  or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.  For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,  but the wife of another man  goes after a precious life.  Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned? Can a man walk on burning coals without scorching his feet? So it is with the one who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.  People don’t despise the thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry.  Still, if caught, he must pay seven times as much;  he must give up all the wealth in his house. The one who commits adultery  lacks sense; whoever does so destroys himself.  He will get a beating  and dishonor, and his disgrace will never be removed. For jealousy enrages a husband,  and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge. He will not be appeased by anything or be persuaded by lavish bribes.