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For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light; and reproofs of instruction are a way of life,

to keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of the strange woman.

Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, and do not let her take you with her eyelids.

For on account of a woman, a harlot, a man comes to the last loaf of bread, and another man's wife hunts for the precious soul.

Can a man take fire into his bosom and his clothes not be burned?

Or can a man walk on hot coals and his feet not be burned?

So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; everyone touching her shall not be innocent.

They do not despise a thief, if he steals to fill his appetite when he is hungry.

But if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the goods of his house.

He who commits adultery with a woman lacks heart; he who does it is a destroyer of his own soul.

He shall find a wound and dishonor, and his shame shall not be wiped away.

For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

He will not lift up the face of every ransom, nor will he consent if you multiply the bribes.