Bible Strands
Proverbs 6:33
Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The wisdom writer addresses a young man in a direct warning against adultery, positioning the verse between a statement about self-destruction and a description of a husband’s unyielding vengeance.
The words — נֶֽגַע (ne.ga'-) literally means "a wound," and תִמָּחֶֽה (ti.ma.Cheh) literally means "it will be wiped away," establishing the verse’s core claim that social damage is permanent.
The thread — This trajectory of irreversible ruin from sexual betrayal runs through Proverbs 5:9, Genesis 49:4, and Judges 16:19, where transgression consistently strips away strength, honor, or vitality.
Why it lands — The text states that adultery guarantees lasting shame and unerasable reproach, demanding that a reader treat sexual immorality as a self-annihilating act requiring immediate avoidance rather than negotiated risk.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 5:9 lest you concede your vigor to others, and your years to one who is cruel;
- Genesis 49:4 Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
- Judges 16:19 And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
- 1 Kings 15:5 For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
- Nehemiah 13:26 Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
- Psalms 38:1 A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- Psalms 51:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions.
- Psalms 51:8 Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
- Matthew 1:6 and Jesse the father of David the king. Next: David was the father of Solomon by Uriah’s wife,