^24 (A)To keep you from the evil woman,
From the flattering tongue of a seductress.
^25 (B)Do not lust after her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her allure you with her eyelids.
²⁶ For ^(C)by means of a harlot
A man is reduced to a crust of bread;
^(D)And ^[a]an adulteress will ^(E)prey upon his precious life.
²⁷ Can a man take fire to his bosom,
And his clothes not be burned?
²⁸ Can one walk on hot coals,
And his feet not be seared?
²⁹ So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
Whoever touches her shall not be innocent.

³² Whoever commits adultery with a woman ^(A)lacks understanding;
He who does so destroys his own soul.