23. For the commandment is a lamp, and the whole teaching [of the law] is light, and reproofs of discipline are the way of life, [Ps. 19:8; 119:105.]
24. To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a loose woman.
25. Lust not after her beauty in your heart, neither let her capture you with her eyelids.
26. For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread, and the adulteress stalks and snares [as with a hook] the precious life [of a man].
27. Can a man take fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned?
28. Can one go upon hot coals and his feet not be burned?
29. So he who cohabits with his neighbor's wife [will be tortured with evil consequences and just retribution]; he who touches her shall not be innocent or go unpunished.
30. Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry;
31. But if he is found out, he must restore seven times [what he stole]; he must give the whole substance of his house [if necessary–to meet his fine].