Proverbs 6:32 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 6. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 6:32

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 6:20-35: Here is, I. A general exhortation faithfully to adhere to the word of God and to take it for our guide in all our actions. 1. We must look upon the word of God both as a light (Pro 6:23) and as a law, Pro 6:20, Pro 6:23.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 6:32: A wound and dishonour shall he get,.... A wound, stroke, or blow, either from the husband of the strumpet, as was often the case (x) in later times; or from the civil magistrate, being ordered by him to be beaten (y) or stoned; or from God himself inflicting diseases on him; see Gen 12:17; where the same word is used as here: and "dishonour" from...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 6:32: lacketh understanding--or, "heart"; destitute of moral principle and prudence.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 6:32-33: Pro 6:32-33 Here there is a contrast stated to Pro 6:30 : 32 He who commits adultery (adulterans mulierem) is beside himself, A self-destroyer-who does this. 33 He gains stripes and disgrace, And his reproach is never quenched. נאף, which primarily seems to mean excedere, to indulge in excess, is, as also in the Decalogue, cf. Lev 20:10, transitive: ὁ μοιχεύων γυναῖκα.