The mouth of strange women {is} a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words.

A foolish woman {is} clamorous: {she is} simple, and knoweth nothing.

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

A man {that hath} friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend {that} sticketh closer than a brother.

So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

For the lips of a strange woman drop {as} an honeycomb, and her mouth {is} smoother than oil: {mouth: Heb. palate}

{But} whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he {that} doeth it destroyeth his own soul. {understanding: Heb. heart}

Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

To deliver thee from the strange woman, {even} from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words;

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few {stripes}. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all {that} he had he put into his hand.

And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, {or} to be with her.

And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:

And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was {a} goodly {person}, and well favoured.

Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master {were} in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. {for: or, and}

And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for {as for} this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.

If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing {it}:

And Joseph said unto them, What deed {is} this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? {divine: or, make trial?}

And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did {it}, as {did} also your rulers.

But if I live in the flesh, this {is} the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.