¹⁸ When thou sawest a thief, thou consentedst with him, And hast been partaker with adulterers.

²² Lay hands hastily on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.

³² who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.

⁴ `Let' marriage `be' had in honor among all, and `let' the bed `be' undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

¹¹ and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

¹² for the things which are done by them in secret it is a shame even to speak of.

¹³ But all things when they are reproved are made manifest by the light: for everything that is made manifest is light.

³⁰ and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

³ Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge `is ready' for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.

⁸ They were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.

⁹ Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

²³ that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

¹⁹ For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey:

²⁰ He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon.

²¹ With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

²² He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as `one in' fetters to the correction of the fool;

²³ Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

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

¹⁷ That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

¹⁸ For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;

¹⁹ None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.

¹¹ If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

¹² Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit;

¹³ We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;

¹⁴ Thou shalt cast thy lot among us; We will all have one purse:

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

¹⁶ For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

¹⁷ For in vain is the net spread In the sight of any bird:

¹⁸ And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

¹⁹ So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

⁹ If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

¹⁰ Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her.

¹¹ For that were a heinous crime; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges:

¹⁰ And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.