⁸ Avert your eyes from a shapely woman;
    do not gaze upon beauty that is not yours;
Through woman’s beauty many have been ruined,
    for love of it burns like fire.^(A)

¹⁶ Two types of people multiply sins,
    and a third^[b] draws down wrath:
Burning passion is like a blazing fire,
    not to be quenched till it burns itself out;
One unchaste with his kindred
    never stops until fire breaks forth.

²¹ Do not be enticed by a woman’s beauty,
    or be greedy for her wealth.

²¹     of rebuffing your own relatives;
Of defrauding another of his appointed share,
^20a     of failing to return a greeting;
^21c Of gazing at a man’s wife,
^20b     of entertaining thoughts about another woman;^(A)

²² Of trifling with a servant girl you have,
    of violating her bed;
Of using harsh words with friends,
    of following up your gifts with insults;^(A)

¹² A fire that would consume down to Abaddon^[a]
    till it uprooted all my crops.^(A)