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

⁷ And saw among the simple,
I perceived among the ^[a]youths,
A young man ^(A)devoid^[b] of understanding,

²¹ ‘Hear this now, O ^(A)foolish people,
Without ^[a]understanding,
Who have eyes and see not,
And who have ears and hear not:

²² Immediately he went after her, as an ox goes to the slaughter,
Or ^[a]as a fool to the correction of the ^[b]stocks,
²³ Till an arrow struck his liver.
^(A)As a bird hastens to the snare,
He did not know it ^[c]would cost his life.

¹⁸ For ^(A)her house ^[a]leads down to death,
And her paths to the dead;
¹⁹ None who go to her return,
Nor do they ^[b]regain the paths of life—