Proverbs 6:25–26

Of Various Sins against the Second Table.

WARNING DEPICTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNCHASTITY. — V. 25. Lust not after her beauty in thine heart, for the inward unchastity is also sinful and has evil consequences; neither let her take thee with her eyelids, with the wanton and captivating glances with which she tries to ensnare her victims.

V. 26. For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread, brought to utter poverty as a result of satisfying her demands, and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life, lying in wait to destroy a man’s soul, since her victim loses liberty, purity, honor, and dignity by submitting to her advances.