| Chapter 9 |
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Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself. |
2 |
Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy substance. |
3 |
Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares. |
4 |
Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest thou be taken with her attempts. |
5 |
Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her. |
6 |
Give not thy soul unto harlots, that thou lose not thine inheritance. |
7 |
Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, neither wander thou in the solitary place thereof. |
8 |
Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon another's beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire. |
9 |
Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor sit down with her in thine arms, and spend not thy money with her at the wine; lest thine heart incline unto her, and so through thy desire thou fall into destruction. |
10 |
Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure. |
11 |
Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shall be his end. |
12 |
Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave. |
13 |
Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill; so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him, make no fault, lest he take away thy life presently: remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, and that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city. |
14 |
As near as thou canst, guess at thy neighbour, and consult with the wise. |
15 |
Let thy talk be with the wise, and all thy communication in the law of the most High. |
16 |
And let just men eat and drink with thee; and let thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord. |
17 |
For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended: and the wise ruler of the people for his speech. |
18 |
A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated. |
