Proverbs 6:20–35

²⁰Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother. ²¹Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck. ²²In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked—it talketh with thee. ²³For a lamp is the command, And the law a light, And a way of life are reproofs of instruction, ²⁴To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. ²⁵Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids. ²⁶For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth. ²⁷Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt? ²⁸Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched? ²⁹So is he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent. ³⁰They do not despise the thief, When he stealeth to fill his soul when he is hungry, ³¹And being found he repayeth sevenfold, All the substance of his house he giveth. ³²He who committeth adultery with a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it. ³³A stroke and shame he doth find, And his reproach is not wiped away, ³⁴For jealousy is the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance. ³⁵He accepteth not the appearance of any atonement, Yea, he doth not consent, Though thou dost multiply bribes!

Chapter 7