2. Give not your soul to a woman, That she should set her foot upon your strength.
3. Go not to meet a woman that playeth the harlot, Lest haply you fall into her snares.
4. Use not the company of a woman that is a singer, Lest haply you be caught by her attempts.
5. Gaze not on a maid, lest haply you be trapped in her penalties.
6. Give not your soul to harlots, That you lose not your inheritance.
7. Look not round about you in the streets of the city, Neither wander you in the solitary places thereof.
8. Turn away your eye from a comely woman, And gaze not on another’s beauty: By the beauty of a woman many have been led astray; And herewith love is kindled as a fire.
9. Sit not at all with a woman that has a husband; And revel not with her at the wine; Lest haply your soul turn aside to her, And with your spirit you slide into destruction.
10. Forsake not an old friend; For the new is not comparable to him: As new wine, so is a new friend; If it become old, you shall drink it with gladness.