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Proverbs 30:20

World English Bible

“So is the way of an adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth,
and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’

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Proverbs 30:20 in other translations

So is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, I have done no wickedness.

Proverbs 30:20 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 30:20 in context

  1. 18“There are three things which are too amazing for me,
    four which I don’t understand:
  2. 19The way of an eagle in the air,
    the way of a serpent on a rock,
    the way of a ship in the middle of the sea,
    and the way of a man with a maiden.
  3. 20“So is the way of an adulterous woman:
    She eats and wipes her mouth,
    and says, ‘I have done nothing wrong.’
  4. 21“For three things the earth trembles,
    and under four, it can’t bear up:
  5. 22For a servant when he is king,
    a fool when he is filled with food,