A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

My son, keep the commandment of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

To keep thee from the evil woman, From the flattery of the foreigner's tongue.

For on account of a harlot [a man is brought] to a piece of bread; And the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.

Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?

Men do not despise a thief, if he steal To satisfy himself when he is hungry:

He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

For jealousy is the rage of a man; And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.

Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart.

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, From the foreigner that flattereth with her words.

And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,

In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.

(She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house:

So she caught him, and kissed him, [And] with an impudent face she said unto him:

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey:

With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along.

Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.