Proverbs 6:16-7:7

English Standard Version

^20 (K)My son, keep your father's commandment,
    ^(L)and forsake not your mother's teaching.
^21 (M)Bind them on your heart always;
    ^(N)tie them around your neck.
^22 (O)When you walk, they^[a] will lead you;
    ^(P)when you lie down, they will ^(Q)watch over you;
    and when you awake, they will talk with you.
²³ For the commandment is ^(R)a lamp and the teaching a light,
    and the ^(S)reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
²⁴ to preserve you from the evil woman,^[b]
    from the smooth tongue of ^(T)the adulteress.^[c]
25 (U)Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
    and do not let her capture you with her ^(V)eyelashes;
²⁶ for ^(W)the price of a prostitute is only ^(X)a loaf of bread,^[d]
    but a married woman^{[e] (Y)}hunts down a precious life.
²⁷ Can a man carry ^(Z)fire next to his ^(AA)chest
    and his clothes not be burned?
²⁸ Or can one ^(AB)walk on hot coals
    and his feet not be scorched?
²⁹ So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife;
    none who touches her ^(AC)will go unpunished.
³⁰ People do not despise a thief if he steals
    to ^(AD)satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,
³¹ but ^(AE)if he is caught, he will pay ^(AF)sevenfold;
    he will give all the goods of his house.
³² He who commits adultery lacks sense;
    he who does it destroys himself.
³³ He will get wounds and dishonor,
    and his disgrace will not be wiped away.
³⁴ For ^(AG)jealousy makes a man furious,
    and he will not spare when ^(AH)he takes revenge.
³⁵ He will accept no compensation;
    he will refuse though you multiply gifts.

7 ^(AI)My son, keep my words
    and ^(AJ)treasure up my commandments with you;
^2 (AK)keep my commandments and live;
    keep my teaching as ^(AL)the apple of your eye;
^3 (AM)bind them on your fingers;
    ^(AN)write them on the tablet of your heart.
⁴ Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
    and call insight your intimate friend,
⁵ to keep you from ^(AO)the forbidden^[f] woman,
    from ^(AP)the adulteress^[g] with her smooth words.