26. For on account of a prostitute one is reduced to a loaf of bread; a man’s wife preys on your precious life.
27. Can a man scoop fire into his lap without burning his clothes?
28. Or can a man walk upon hot coals without scorching his feet?
29. So is he who goes to another man’s wife. No one who touches her will go unpunished.
30. Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is starving.
31. Yet if he is caught, he must repay sevenfold, giving up all the wealth of his house.
32. He who commits adultery with a woman lacks sense. Whoever does so destroys himself.
33. He will find disease and disgrace. His shame will never be wiped away.