23. For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
24. to preserve you from the evil woman,from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
25. Do not desire her beauty in your heart,and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes;
26. for the price of a prostitute is only a loaf of bread,but a married woman hunts down a precious life.
27. Can a man carry fire next to his chestand his clothes not be burned?
28. Or can one walk on hot coalsand his feet not be scorched?
29. So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;none who touches her will go unpunished.
30. People do not despise a thief if he stealsto satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,