²³ For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,^(A)
and corrective discipline is the way to life.^(B)
24 They will protect you from an evil woman,^[a]
from the flattering tongue of a wayward woman.^(C)

²⁶ For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,^[a]
but the wife of another man^[b] goes after a precious life.^(A)