^{20 Ref} My son, keep your father's commandment, And don't forsake your mother's teaching.

^{21 Ref} Bind them continually on your heart. Tie them around your neck.

^{22 Ref} When you walk, it will lead you. When you sleep, it will watch over you. When you awake, it will talk with you.

^{23 Ref} For the commandment is a lamp, And the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

^{24 Ref} To keep you from the immoral woman, From the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.

^{25 Ref} Don't lust after her beauty in your heart, Neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

^{26 Ref} For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread. The adulteress hunts for your precious life.

^{27 Ref} Can a man scoop fire into his lap, And his clothes not be burned?

²⁸ Or can one walk on hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?

^{29 Ref} So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

^{30 Ref} Men don't despise a thief, If he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

^{31 Ref} But if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.

^{32 Ref} He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

^{33 Ref} He will get wounds and dishonor. His reproach will not be wiped away.

^{34 Ref} For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance.

^{35 Ref} He won't regard any ransom, Neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.