Proverbs 6:21-30

²¹Bind them in thy heart continually, and put them about thy neck.

²²When thou walkest, let them go with thee: when thou sleepest, let them keep thee; and when thou awakest, talk with them.

²³Because the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

²⁴That they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the stranger.

²⁵Let not thy heart covet her beauty, be not caught with her winks:

²⁶For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.

²⁷Can a man hide fire in his bosom, and his garments not burn?

²⁸Or can he walk upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?

²⁹So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife, shall not be clean when he shall touch her.

³⁰The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul: