Prov.6.20

Good friend, follow your father's good advice; don't wander off from your mother's teachings.

Prov.6.20

My son, keep your father's commands and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

Prov.6.20

My son, keep your father's command, And do not forsake the law of your mother.

Prov.6.20

My son, obey your father's commands, and don't neglect your mother's teaching.

Prov.6.21

Wrap yourself in them from head to foot; wear them like a scarf around your neck.

Prov.6.21

Bind them upon your heart forever; fasten them around your neck.

Prov.6.21

Bind them continually upon your heart; Tie them around your neck.

Prov.6.21

Keep their words always in your heart. Tie them around your neck.

Prov.6.22

Wherever you walk, they'll guide you; whenever you rest, they'll guard you; when you wake up, they'll tell you what's next.

Prov.6.22

When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

Prov.6.22

When you roam, they will lead you; When you sleep, they will keep you; And when you awake, they will speak with you.

Prov.6.22

Wherever you walk, their counsel can lead you. When you sleep, they will protect you. When you wake up in the morning, they will advise you.

Prov.6.23

For sound advice is a beacon, good teaching is a light, moral discipline is a life path.

Prov.6.23

For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life,

Prov.6.23

For the commandment is a lamp, And the law a light; Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

Prov.6.23

For these commands and this teaching are a lamp to light the way ahead of you. The correction of discipline is the way to life.

Prov.6.24

They'll protect you from wanton women, from the seductive talk of some temptress.

Prov.6.24

keeping you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.

Prov.6.24

To keep you from the evil woman, From the flattering tongue of a seductress.

Prov.6.24

These commands and this teaching will keep you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of an adulterous woman.

Prov.6.25

Don't lustfully fantasize on her beauty, nor be taken in by her bedroom eyes.

Prov.6.25

Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes,

Prov.6.25

Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.

Prov.6.25

Don't lust for her beauty. Don't let her coyness seduce you.

Prov.6.26

You can buy an hour with a whore for a loaf of bread, but a wanton woman may well eat you alive.

Prov.6.26

for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

Prov.6.26

For by means of a harlot A man is reduced to a crust of bread; And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life.

Prov.6.26

For a prostitute will bring you to poverty, and sleeping with another man's wife may cost you your very life.

Prov.6.27

Can you build a fire in your lap and not burn your pants?

Prov.6.27

Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?

Prov.6.27

Can a man take fire to his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

Prov.6.27

Can a man scoop fire into his lap and not be burned?

Prov.6.28

Can you walk barefoot on hot coals and not get blisters?

Prov.6.28

Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?

Prov.6.28

Can one walk on hot coals, And his feet not be seared?

Prov.6.28

Can he walk on hot coals and not blister his feet?

Prov.6.29

It's the same when you have sex with your neighbor's wife: Touch her and you'll pay for it. No excuses.

Prov.6.29

So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

Prov.6.29

So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.

Prov.6.29

So it is with the man who sleeps with another man's wife. He who embraces her will not go unpunished.