[6:20] Son, do what your father tells you and never forget what your mother taught you.
[6:21] Keep their words with you always, locked in your heart.
[6:22] Their teaching will lead you when you travel, protect you at night, and advise you during the day.
[6:23] Their instructions are a shining light; their correction can teach you how to live.
[6:24] It can keep you away from bad women, from the seductive words of other men's wives.
[6:25] Don't be tempted by their beauty; don't be trapped by their flirting eyes.
[6:26] A man can hire a prostitute for the price of a loaf of bread, but adultery will cost him all he has.
[6:27] Can you carry fire against your chest without burning your clothes?
[6:28] Can you walk on hot coals without burning your feet?
[6:29] It is just as dangerous to sleep with another man's wife. Whoever does it will suffer.
[6:30] People don't despise a thief if he steals food when he is hungry;
[6:31] yet if he is caught, he must pay back seven times more—he must give up everything he has.
[6:32] But a man who commits adultery doesn't have any sense. He is just destroying himself.
[6:33] He will be dishonored and beaten up; he will be permanently disgraced.
[6:34] A husband is never angrier than when he is jealous; his revenge knows no limits.
[6:35] He will not accept any payment; no amount of gifts will satisfy his anger.
[7:1] My child, remember what I say and never forget what I tell you to do.
[7:2] Do what I say, and you will live. Be as careful to follow my teaching as you are to protect your eyes.
[7:3] Keep my teaching with you all the time; write it on your heart.
[7:4] Treat wisdom as your sister, and insight as your closest friend.
[7:5] They will keep you away from other men's wives, from women with seductive words.