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Rh :And he that soweth discord among brethren.


 * My son, keep the commandment of thy father,
 * And forsake not the teaching of thy mother;
 * Bind them continually upon thy heart,
 * Tie them about thy neck.
 * When thou walkest, it shall lead thee,
 * When thou liest down, it shall watch over thee;
 * And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
 * For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light,
 * And reproofs of instruction are the way of life;
 * To keep thee from the evil woman,
 * From the smoothness of the alien tongue.
 * Lust not after her beauty in thy heart;
 * Neither let her captivate thee with her eyelids.
 * For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread,
 * But the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.
 * Can a man take fire in his bosom,
 * And his clothes not be burned?
 * Or can one walk upon hot coals,
 * And his feet not be scorched?
 * So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife;
 * Whosoever toucheth her shall not go unpunished.
 * Men do not despise a thief, if he steal
 * To satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
 * But if he be found, he must restore sevenfold,
 * He must give all the substance of his house.
 * He that committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding;
 * He doeth it that would destroy his own soul.
 * Wounds and dishonour shall he get,
 * And his reproach shall not be wiped away.
 * For jealousy is the rage of a man,
 * And 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 teaching as the apple of thine eye.
 * Bind them upon thy fingers,
 * Write them upon the table of thy heart.
 * Say unto wisdom: 'Thou art my sister',
 * And call understanding thy kinswoman;
 * That they may keep thee from the strange woman,
 * From the alien woman that maketh smooth her words.


 * For at the window of my house
 * I looked forth through my lattice;
 * And I beheld among the thoughtless ones,
 * I discerned among the youths,
 * A young man void of understanding,
 * Passing through the street near her corner,
 * And he went the way to her house;
 * In the twilight, in the evening of the day,
 * In the blackness of night and the darkness.
 * And, behold, there met him a woman