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For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And rebukes for discipline are the way of life

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

To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.

To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Do not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her eyelids.

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

For the price of a prostitute reduces one to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for a precious life.

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.

Can anyone take fire in his lap And his clothes not be burned?

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

Or can a person walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched?

Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.

So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

People do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry;

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

But when he is found, he must repay seven times as much; He must give up all the property of his house.

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

One who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; He who would destroy himself commits it.

But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

He will find wounds and disgrace, And his shame will not be removed.

A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

For jealousy enrages a man, And he will not have compassion on the day of vengeance.

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

He will not accept any settlement, Nor will he be satisfied though you make it a large gift.

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.