Daily reading
Proverbs · VI · 30–35
Proverbs 6:30–35 · NLT
XXIV · X · MMXXVI
Key verses · Proverbs 6:30–35 · NLT
31ut if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole, even if he has to sell everything in his house. (NLT)
32But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys himself. (NLT)
33He will be wounded and disgraced. His shame will never be erased. (NLT)
Proverbs 6:30–35 · New Living Translation
30xcuses might be found for a thief who steals because he is starving.
31But if he is caught, he must pay back seven times what he stole, even if he has to sell everything in his house.
32But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys himself.
33He will be wounded and disgraced. His shame will never be erased.
34For the woman’s jealous husband will be furious, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
35He will accept no compensation, nor be satisfied with a payoff of any size. (NLT)
A note on Scripture quoting
We’ve hit this translation’s public quoting limit for now, so this is a good time to pick up your own Bible and read the rest of the passage.
In short
This wraps up the father's warning from yesterday with a comparison. A starving man who steals bread gets some sympathy, but he still has to pay it back, even if it costs him everything he owns. At least there's a way to settle it.
Adultery isn't like that. It's not a loan you can repay. It wounds the people closest to you, and it wounds you too: the text says the man "destroys himself." Trust, once broken this way, can't be bought back with money or apologies on demand. The point isn't that there's no forgiveness with God. It's that some choices cost far more than they look like they will, so the wise move is never to start down that road.
But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys himself. (NLT)
Proverbs 6:32
Try today
Invest in the trust you already have. Carve out a little unhurried time today with someone you've committed to, even twenty minutes, and do something that says they come first: put the phone away, ask how she's really doing, and listen. Trust is built in small deposits like that long before it's ever tested.