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 wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

²² Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

¹⁴ I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

²² Abstain from all appearance of evil.

³³ Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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 whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

¹⁴ The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

¹⁶ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

¹⁴ For 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 said unto him,

⁵ That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

²⁵ Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

²⁶ For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt 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 as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

¹⁶ To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

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

¹¹ Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;