²³ For the commandment is a lamp,
    and the law is light.
    Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
²⁴ to keep you from the immoral woman,
    from the flattery of the wayward wife’s tongue.
²⁵ Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart,
    neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.
²⁶ For a prostitute reduces you to a piece of bread.
    The adulteress hunts for your precious life.
²⁷ Can a man scoop fire into his lap,
    and his clothes not be burned?
²⁸ Or can one walk on hot coals,
    and his feet not be scorched?
²⁹ So is he who goes in to his neighbor’s wife.
    Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
³⁰ Men don’t despise a thief
    if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry;
³¹ but if he is found, he shall restore seven times.
    He shall give all the wealth of his house.
³² He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding.
    He who does it destroys his own soul.
³³ He will get wounds and dishonor.
    His reproach will not be wiped away.
³⁴ For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband.
    He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.
³⁵ He won’t regard any ransom,
    neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts.