Olam 2

<i>But</i> whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he <i>that</i> doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

For jealousy <i>is</i> the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

Say unto wisdom, Thou <i>art</i> my sister; and call understanding <i>thy</i> kinswoman:

That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger <i>which</i> flattereth with her words.

For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,