6:20–35 This section is introduced in the NIV by the heading, “warning against adultery.” Verse 20 continues the admonitions of chapter 5 with an opening reminiscent of 1:8. The command in verse 21 is found with variations in 1:9; 3:3, 22. The forever of the NIV is better rendered “continually.” In verse 22, the NIV glosses over the third feminine singular, “she will guide you,” by assuming that commands and teaching are understood as a collective. Another possibility is that personified wisdom is assumed as the subject, or that the verse has been misplaced and should follow 5:19; so the NAB. The three lines in verse 22 call for another line. Awake is the opposite parallel of sleep, but what would be the opposite of walk? In verse 23, the singular is used (command) and there is no demonstr…