23 For this command is a lamp,

this teaching is a light,

and correction and instruction

are the way to life,

24 keeping you from your neighbor’s wife,

from the smooth talk of a wayward woman.

25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty

or let her captivate you with her eyes.

26 For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,

but another man’s wife preys on your very life.

23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;

And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

24 To keep thee from the evil woman,

From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart;

Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread:

And the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

23 For their command is a lamp

and their instruction a light;

their corrective discipline

is the way to life.

24 It will keep you from the immoral woman,

from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman.

25 Don’t lust for her beauty.

Don’t let her coy glances seduce you.

26 For a prostitute will bring you to poverty,

but sleeping with another man’s wife will cost you your life.

23 For the commandment is a lamp,

And the law a light;

Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

24 To keep you from the evil woman,

From the flattering tongue of a seductress.

25 Do not lust after her beauty in your heart,

Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.

26 For by means of a harlot

A man is reduced to a crust of bread;

And an adulteress will prey upon his precious life.

23 These commands are like a lamp;

this teaching is like a light.

And the correction that comes from them

will help you have life.

24 They will keep you from sinful women

and from the pleasing words of another man’s unfaithful wife.

25 Don’t desire her because she is beautiful.

Don’t let her capture you by the way she looks at you.

26 A prostitute will treat you like a loaf of bread,

and a woman who takes part in adultery may cost you your life.

23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;

And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

24 To keep thee from the evil woman,

From the flattery of the foreigner’s tongue.

25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart;

Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

26 For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread;

And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: 24 to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids; 26 for by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a loaf of bread, and another’s wife doth hunt for the precious soul.

23 because the command is a lamp, 

the teachings are a light, 

and the warnings from discipline are the path of life 

24 to keep you from an evil woman 

and from the smooth talk of a loose woman. 

25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart. 

Do not let her catch you with her eyes. 

26 A prostitute’s price is ⸤only⸥ a loaf of bread, 

but a married woman hunts for ⸤your⸥ life itself. 

23 For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,

and corrective discipline is the way to life.

24 They will protect you from an evil woman,

from the flattering tongue of a stranger.

25 Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty

or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.

26 For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,

but an adulteress goes after a precious life.

23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,

and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,

24 to preserve you from the wife of another,

from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart,

and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;

26 for a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,

but the wife of another stalks a man’s very life.

23 For like a lamp is a commandment, and instruction is light,

and the way of life is the reproof of discipline,

24 in order to preserve you from an evil woman,

from the smoothness of the tongue of an adulteress.

25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart;

may she not capture you with her eyelashes.

26 For the price of a woman, a prostitute, is the price of a loaf of bread,

but the woman belonging to a man hunts precious life.

23 Your father’s commands are like a lamp.

Your mother’s teaching is like a light.

And the training that corrects you

leads to life.

24 It keeps you from a sinful woman.

It keeps you from the smooth tongue of a woman who commits adultery.

25 Don’t hunger in your heart after her beauty.

Don’t let her eyes capture you.

26 A prostitute leaves you with only a loaf of bread.

Another man’s wife hunts your very life.

23 For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light;

And reproofs for discipline are the way of life

24 To keep you from the evil woman,

From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.

25 Do not desire her beauty in your heart,

Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.

26 For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread,

And an adulteress hunts for the precious life.