¹⁰ And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, `or' to be with her.

⁸ But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that he hath into my hand:

²² after righteousness, faith, love, pace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

¹⁴ I desire therefore that the younger `widows' marry, bear children, rule the household, give no occasion to the adversary for reviling:

²² abstain from every form of evil.

³³ Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.

¹⁸ Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

²⁷ For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.

¹⁴ The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

¹⁶ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

¹⁴ And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,

¹³ So she caught him, and kissed him, `And' with an impudent face she said unto him:

⁵ That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

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.

⁸ Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

³ For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

¹⁶ To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

¹⁵ My son, walk not thou in the way with them; Refrain thy foot from their path:

¹¹ Beloved, I beseech you as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lust, which war against the soul;