CLV(i)
20 My son, preserve the instruction of your father, And do not abandon the law of your mother."
21 Tie them upon your heart continually; Wind them about your throat.
22 When you walk about, it shall give you guidance, When you lie down, it shall guard over you, And when you awake, it shall importune you."
23 For instruction is a lamp, and law is a light, And the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
24 To keep you from the evil woman, From the slick tongue of the foreign woman."
25 Do not covet after her loveliness in your heart, And do not let her captivate you with her eyelids."
26 For a woman of prostitution hunts for a cake of bread, Yet the adulterous wife of a man hunts the precious soul."
27 Can a man bank a fire in his bosom And his garments not be burned?
28 Or can a man walk on embers And his feet not be scorched?
29 So is he who comes to the wife of his associate; Anyone who touches her shall not be held innocent.
30 Men do not despise a thief when he steals In order to fill his soul's needs when he is famishing,
31 Yet when he is found, he shall repay sevenfold Though he must give up all the wealth of his house."
32 But he who commits adultery with another's wife has lack of heart wisdom; He is causing ruin to his soul who does it.
33 Contagion and dishonor shall he find, And his reproach cannot be wiped out;"
34 For jealousy incites the fury of a master, And he shall not spare in the day of vengeance;"
35 He shall not respect any sheltering gift And shall not be willing to relent though you increase the bribe.