30:20 way of an adulterous woman. The adulteress in Proverbs 30:20 is contrasted with the virgin in Proverbs 30:19. Yet, in a sense, the hypocritical “way” of the adulteress is as difficult to comprehend as the four “ways” of Proverbs 30:19. She can deliberately flout the law of God and her husband’s love and yet remain smug and self-righteous.