Proverbs 6:20–35

²⁰My son, observe thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the teaching of thy mother; ²¹bind them continually upon thy heart, tie them about thy neck: ²²when thou walkest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. ²³For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: ²⁴to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. ²⁵Lust not after her beauty in thy heart, neither let her take thee with her eyelids; ²⁶for 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. ²⁷Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his garments not be burned? ²⁸Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be scorched? ²⁹So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife: whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. ³⁰They do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry: ³¹and if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. ³²Whoso committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. ³³A wound and contempt shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. ³⁴For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance; ³⁵he will not regard any ransom, neither will he rest content though thou multipliest thy gifts.