Proverbs 6:20-26

Complete Jewish Bible

²⁰ My son, obey your father’s command,
and don’t abandon your mother’s teaching.
²¹ Bind them always on your heart,
tie them around your neck.
²² When you walk, they will lead you;
when you lie down, they will watch over you;
and when you wake up, they will talk with you.
²³ For the mitzvah is a lamp, Torah is light,
and reproofs that discipline are the way to life.

²⁴ They keep you from an evil woman,
from a loose woman’s seductive tongue.
²⁵ Don’t let your heart lust after her beauty
or allow her glance to captivate you.
²⁶ The price of a whore is a loaf of bread,
but the adulteress is hunting for a precious life.