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And he that soweth discord among brethren.

 

²⁰My son, keep the commandment of thy father,

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 liest down, it shall watch over thee;

And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

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

And reproofs of instruction are the way of life;

²⁴To keep thee from the evil woman,

From the smoothness of the alien tongue.

²⁵Lust not after her beauty in thy heart;

Neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids.

²⁶For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread,

But the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

²⁷Can a man take fire in his bosom,

And his clothes not be burned?

²⁸Or can one walk upon hot coals,

And his feet not be scorched?

²⁹So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife;

Whosoever toucheth her shall not go unpunished.

³⁰Men do not despise a thief, if he steal

To satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

³¹But if he be found, he must restore sevenfold,

He must give all the substance of his house.

³²He that committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding;

He doeth it that would destroy his own soul.

³³Wounds and dishonour 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 givest many gifts.

7 My son, keep my words,

And lay up my commandments with thee.

²Keep my commandments and live,

And my teaching as the apple of thine eye.

³Bind them upon thy fingers,

Write them upon the table of thy heart.

⁴Say unto wisdom: 'Thou art my sister',

And call understanding thy kinswoman;

⁵That they may keep thee from the strange woman,

From the alien woman that maketh smooth her words.

 

⁶For at the window of my house

I looked forth through my lattice;

⁷And I beheld among the thoughtless ones,

I discerned among the youths,

A young man void of understanding,

⁸Passing through the street near her corner,

And he went the way to her house;

⁹In the twilight, in the evening of the day,

In the blackness of night and the darkness.

¹⁰And, behold, there met him a woman

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