20. Keep, my son, the command of thy father, And leave not the law of thy mother.
21. Bind them on thy heart continually, Tie them on thy neck.
22. In thy going up and down, it leadeth thee, In thy lying down, it watcheth over thee, And thou hast awaked--it talketh [with] thee.
23. For a lamp [is] the command, And the law a light, And a way of life [are] reproofs of instruction,
24. To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
25. Desire not her beauty in thy heart, And let her not take thee with her eyelids.
26. For a harlot consumeth unto a cake of bread, And an adulteress the precious soul hunteth.
27. Doth a man take fire into his bosom, And are his garments not burnt?
28. Doth a man walk on the hot coals, And are his feet not scorched?