¹⁰ And day after day she went on requesting Joseph to come to her and be her lover, but he would not give ear to her.

⁸ But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;

²² But keep yourself from those desires of the flesh which are strong when the body is young, and go after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those whose prayers go up to the Lord from a clean heart.

¹⁴ So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,

²² Keep from every form of evil.

³³ Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

¹⁸ Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

²⁷ For a loose woman is a deep hollow, and a strange woman is a narrow water-hole.

¹⁴ The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.

¹⁶ Whoever is simple, let him come in here: and to him who is without sense, she says:

¹⁴ Seated at the door of her house, in the high places of the town,

¹³ So she took him by his hand, kissing him, and without a sign of shame she said to him:

⁵ So that they may keep you from the strange woman, even from her whose words are smooth.

²⁵ Let not your heart's desire go after her fair body; let not her eyes take you prisoner.

²⁶ For a loose woman is looking for a cake of bread, but another man's wife goes after one's very life.

⁸ Go far away from her, do not come near the door of her house;

³ For honey is dropping from the lips of the strange woman, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

¹⁶ To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

¹⁵ My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

¹¹ My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;