¹⁸ When you saw a thief, you consented with him, And have participated with adulterers.

²² Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men's sins. Keep yourself pure.

³² who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

⁴ Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

¹¹ 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 revealed by the light, for everything that is revealed is light.

³⁰ and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'

³ Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; And the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

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

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

²³ Who acquit the guilty for a bribe, But deny justice for the innocent!

¹⁹ For my husband isn't at home. He has gone on a long journey.

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

²¹ With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

²² He followed her immediately, As an ox goes to the slaughter, As a fool stepping into a noose.

²³ Until an arrow strikes through his liver, As a bird hurries to the snare, And doesn't know that it will cost his life.

¹⁶ To deliver you from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner who flatters with her words;

¹⁷ Who forsakes the friend of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God:

¹⁸ For her house leads down to death, Her paths to the dead.

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

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent.

¹¹ If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; Let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

¹² Let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down into the pit.

¹³ We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with spoil.

¹⁴ You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse."

¹⁵ My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path,

¹⁶ For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

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

¹⁸ But these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

¹⁹ So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners.

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

¹⁰ Then let my wife grind for another, And let others sleep with her.

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

¹⁰ "'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.