¹⁸ When you saw a thief, you were in agreement with him, and you were joined with those who took other men's wives.

²² Do not put hands on any man without thought, and have no part in other men's sins: keep yourself clean.

³² Who, though they have knowledge of the law of God, that the fate of those who do these things is death, not only go on doing these things themselves, but give approval to those who do them.

⁴ Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

¹¹ And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;

¹² For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words.

¹³ But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.

³⁰ If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets.

³ Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

⁸ They were full of desire, like horses after a meal of grain: everyone went after his neighbour's wife.

⁹ Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such a nation as this?

²³ Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

¹⁹ For the master of the house is away on a long journey:

²⁰ He has taken a bag of money with him; he is coming back at the full moon.

²¹ With her fair words she overcame him, forcing him with her smooth lips.

²² The simple man goes after her, like an ox going to its death, like a roe pulled by a cord;

²³ Like a bird falling into a net; with no thought that his life is in danger, till an arrow goes into his side.

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

¹⁷ Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

¹⁸ For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades:

¹⁹ Those who go to her do not come back again; their feet do not keep in the ways of life:

¹⁰ My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

¹¹ If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

¹² Let us overcome them living, like the underworld, and in their strength, as those who go down to death;

¹³ Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth;

¹⁴ Take your chance with us, and we will all have one money-bag:

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

¹⁶ For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.

¹⁷ Truly, to no purpose is the net stretched out before the eyes of the bird:

¹⁸ And they are secretly waiting for their blood and making ready destruction for themselves.

¹⁹ Such is the fate of everyone who goes in search of profit; it takes away the life of its owners.

⁹ If my heart went after another man's wife, or if I was waiting secretly at my neighbour's door;

¹⁰ Then let my wife give pleasure to another man and let others make use of her body.

¹¹ For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:

¹⁰ And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.