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Proverbs 6:29

innocent So R.V. marg.; but as the object here is to deter from the sin by insisting on its consequences, it is better to render, with R.V. text, unpunished.

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See also Proverbs 6:29 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Proverbs 6:29. _SO HE THAT GOETH IN TO HIS NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE_] As sure as he who takes _fire into his bosom_, or who _walks_ upon _live coals,_ is burnt thereby; so sure he that seduces his neigh...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The surety (Proverbs 6:1)_ 2. The sluggard (Proverbs 6:6) 3. The naughty, good-for-nothing person (Proverbs 6:12) 4. The strange woman ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    A section totally dissimilar from the rest of this division of Pr. It consists of four short subsections Proverbs 6:1 against suretyship, Proverbs 6:6 against sloth, Proverbs 6:12 against talebearing,...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    CAN A MAN TAKE FIRE— "The wife of one's neighbour is as fire: if you deliver yourself up to her impure love, it will consume you: you give admission to a passion which is unconquerable, and in the end...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT Proverbs 6:23-35 23. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24. To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the for...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. SO HE THAT GOETH IN TO HIS NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE; WHOSOEVER TOUCHETH HER SHALL NOT BE INNOCENT - free from gui...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DISSUASIVES FROM HURTFUL THINGS Proverbs 6:1 are inserted here from some other collection, and contain warnings against suretyships (1-5), sloth (6-11), falseness (12-15), evils which the Lordhates (1...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 6 V1 My son, follow this advice when you make a mistake. Perhaps you promised to pay a neighbour’s debt....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SHALL NOT BE INNOCENT. — That is to say, _unpunished. _...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כֵּ֗ן הַ֭ בָּא אֶל ־אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֵ֑הוּ לֹ֥א

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 7 CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE BINDING CHARACTER OF OUR OWN ACTIONS "The surety the sluggard and the worthless person." Proverbs 6:1; Proverbs 6:6; Proverbs 6:12 FROM the solemn principle announc...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The parental exhortations are continued. In this section they are directed against suretyship, indolence, the evil man, and certain specific things which Jehovah hates. The warnings against becoming s...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Clean. Or be left unpunished. No crime disturbs the order of society so much, nor is pardoned with more difficulty._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepe...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 9. There are two very distinct parts in this book. The first nine Chapter s, which give the great general principles; and the proverbs, properly so...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO HE THAT GOETH INTO HIS NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE,.... To converse with her, or lie with her, as the Targum; for it means not barely going into her house or chamber, or into her company, though without any i...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. Ver. 29. So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife.] That suspiciously converseth with her alone, though h...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _To keep thee from the evil woman_ Which is mentioned as a great commendation of God's word, because neither worldly discretion, nor a good education, nor moral precepts, nor any other considerations,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WARNING DEPICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNCHASTITY...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife, in adulterous intimacy; WHOSOEVER TOUCHETH HER SHALL NOT BE INNOCENT, that is, he shall most assuredly be guilty....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    20-35 The word of God has something to say to us upon all occasions. Let not faithful reproofs ever make us uneasy. When we consider how much this sin abounds, how heinous adultery is in its own natu...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THAT GOETH IN TO HIS NEIGHBOUR'S WIFE; that lieth with her, as the phrase signifies, GENESIS 19:31, GENESIS 29:21,23, &c. _Toucheth her_, i.e. hath carnal knowledge of her, as this word is used, Genes...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Proverbs 6:29 in H935 (H8802) neighbors H7453 wife H802 touches H5060 (H8802) innocent H5352 (H8735)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DISCOURSE 7. ADDRESSED TO ‘MY SON'. HE IS URGED TO OBSERVE THE COMMANDMENT AND THE TORAH, AVOIDING THE ENTICEMENT OF THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN, AND BEING AWARE OF THE WRATH OF THE DECEIVED HUSBAND (PROVERB...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ONE INTENTION OF THE COMMANDMENT AND TORAH IS TO KEEP HIM FROM THE ADULTEROUS WOMAN WHO WILL SEEK TO LEAD HIM ASTRAY (PROVERBS 6:24). In contrast with ‘woman wisdom' (e.g. Proverbs 1:20; Proverbs 3:13...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Caution against rash suretiship, slothfulness, forwardness, and whoredom. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, his son. CONCLUSION: Suretiship is to be avoided, because by it poverty and ruin are ofte...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Proverbs 6:1. _If thou be surety for thy friend._ If charity has gained an ascendancy over the judgment, prepare to perform thy covenant. To aid a friend in poverty is a generous deed, it is lending w...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 6:27 The father uses two comparisons to show how adultery leads to disaster. First, he says that one who engages in foolish behavior will suffer for it (vv. Proverbs 6:27

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES,— Proverbs 6:24. Evil woman, literally. “the woman of evil.” PROVERBS 6:26. Last clause means “an adulteress allures to that which may cost a man his life” (_Stuart_). Proverbs 6:30

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION PROVERBS 6:1 The sixth chapter embraces four distinct discourses, each of which is a warning. The subjects treated of are (1) suretyship (Proverbs 6:1); (2) sloth ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now let us turn to Proverbs, chapter 6. The first part of the Proverbs is exhortation to my son. It's just good fatherly advice to sons. And chapter 6 continues in these exhortations that are opened b...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 7:1; 2 Samuel 11:3; 2 Samuel 11:4; 2 Samuel 12:10;...

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