New International Reader's Version

Proverbs 6:24-30 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

24. It keeps you from a sinful woman. It keeps you from the smooth tongue of a woman who commits adultery.

25. Don't hunger in your heart after her beauty. Don't let her eyes capture you.

26. A prostitute leaves you with only a loaf of bread. Another man's wife hunts your very life.

27. You can't shovel fire into your lap without burning your clothes.

28. You can't walk on hot coals without burning your feet.

29. It's the same for anyone who has sex with another man's wife. Anyone who touches her will be punished.

30. People don't hate a thief who steals to fill his empty stomach.