21. Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.
22. When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee; and when thou awakest, talk with them.
23. Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
24. That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.
25. Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:
26. For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.
27. Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?
28. Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?
29. So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her.
30. The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:
31. And if he be taken he shall restore sevenfold, and shall give up all the substance of his house.
32. But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul: