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My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.

When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

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

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

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

For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman: