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Proverbs 6:31-33
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

31 Yet if caught they must pay back sevenfold,
    yield up all the wealth of their house.
32 But those who commit adultery have no sense;
    those who do it destroy themselves.
33 [a]They will be beaten and disgraced,
    and their shame will not be wiped away;

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Footnotes

  1. 6:33–35 The nature of the husband’s vengeance is disputed, some believing it is simply a physical beating whereas others hold it is public and involves the death penalty because Lv 20:20 and Dt 22:22 demand the death penalty.
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