Quotes About Consequences

Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,

in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.

Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to Sheol.

She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.

At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,

Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, or embrace the bosom of a stranger?

The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

Can a man embrace fire and his clothes not be burned?

Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet?

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

Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.

He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.

He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.

Then a woman came out to meet him, with the attire of a harlot and cunning of heart.

He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life.