Proverbs 6:15-29

¹⁵Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin.

¹⁶For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.

¹⁷The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just;

¹⁸and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil, —are hateful to God.

¹⁹An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren.

²⁰My son, keep the laws of your father, and reject not the ordinances of your mother:

²¹but bind them upon your soul continually, and hang them as a chain about your neck.

²²Whenever you walk, lead this along and let it be with you; that it may talk with you when you wake.

²³For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; a way of life; reproof also and correction:

²⁴to keep you continually from a married woman, and from the calumny of a strange tongue.

²⁵Let not the desire of beauty overcome you, neither be you caught by your eyes, neither be captivated with her eyelids.

²⁶For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf; and a woman hunts for the precious souls of men.

²⁷Shall any one bind fire in his bosom, and not burn his garments?

²⁸or will any one walk on coals of fire, and not burn his feet?

²⁹So is he that goes in to a married woman; he shall not be held guiltless, neither any one that touches her.