15. To this one, his perdition will arrive promptly, and he shall be crushed suddenly: he will no longer have any remedy.
16. Six things there are that the Lord hates, and the seventh, his soul detests:
17. haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
18. a heart that devises the most wicked thoughts, feet running swiftly unto evil,
19. a deceitful witness bringing forth lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.
20. My son, preserve the precepts of your father, and do not dismiss the law of your mother.
21. Bind them to your heart unceasingly, and encircle them around your throat.
22. When you walk, let them keep step with you. When you sleep, let them guard you. And when you keep watch, speak with them.
23. For commandment is a lamp, and law is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life.
24. So may they guard you from an evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the outsider.
25. Let not your heart desire her beauty; do not be captivated by her winks.
26. For the price of a prostitute is only one loaf. Yet the woman seizes the precious soul of a man.
27. Would a man be able to conceal fire in his bosom, so that his garments would not burn?
28. Or could he walk over burning coals, so that his feet would not be burned?
29. So also, he who enters to the wife of his neighbor shall not be clean when he touches her.
30. Not so great is the fault when someone has stolen. For he steals so as to satisfy a hungry soul.