1 Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself.
2 Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy substance.
3 Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares.
4 Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest thou be taken with her attempts.
5 Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her.
6 Give not thy soul unto harlots, that thou lose not thine inheritance.
7 Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, neither wander thou in the solitary place thereof.
8 Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon another’s beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire.
9 Sit not at all with another man’s wife, nor sit down with her in thine arms, and spend not thy money with her at the wine; lest thine heart incline unto her, and so through thy desire thou fall into destruction.
10 Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
11 Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shall be his end.
12 Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave.
13 Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill; so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him, make no fault, lest he take away thy life presently: remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, and that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city.
14 As near as thou canst, guess at thy neighbour, and consult with the wise.
15 Let thy talk be with the wise, and all thy communication in the law of the most High.
16 And let just men eat and drink with thee; and let thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
17 For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended: and the wise ruler of the people for his speech.
18 A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated.
1 non zeles mulierem sinus tui
ne ostendas super te malitiam doctrinae nequam
2 non des mulieri potestatem animae tuae
ne ingrediatur in virtute tua et confundaris
3 ne respicias mulierem multivolam
ne forte incidas in laqueos illius
4 cum psaltrice ne adsiduus sis
nec audias illam
ne forte pereas in efficacia illius
5 virginem ne conspicias ne forte scandalizeris in decore illius
6 non des fornicariis animam tuam in nullo
ne perdas te et hereditatem tuam
7 noli conspicere in vicis
civitatis
nec oberraveris in plateis illius
8 averte faciem tuam a muliere compta
et non circumspicias speciem alienam
9 propter speciem mulieris multi perierunt
et ex hoc concupiscentia quasi ignis exardescit
10 omnis mulier quae est fornicaria
quasi stercus in via conculcatur
11 speciem mulieris alienae multi admirati reprobi facti sunt
conloquium enim illius quasi ignis exardescit
12 cum aliena muliere non accumbas super cubitum
cum aliena muliere ne sedeas omnino
nec accumbas cum ea super cubitum
13 et non alterceris cum ea in vino
ne forte declinet cor tuum in illa
et sanguine tuo labaris in perditionem
14 ne derelinquas amicum antiquum novus enim non erit similis illi
15 vinum novum amicus novus
veterescat et cum suavitate bibes illud
16 non zeles gloriam et opes peccatoris
non enim scis quae futura sit illius subversio
17 non placeat tibi iniuria iniustorum
sciens quoniam usque ad inferos non placebit impius
18 longe abesto ab homine potestatem habente occidendi
et non suspicaberis timorem mortis
19 et si accesseris ad illum noli aliquid committere
ne forte auferat vitam tuam
20 communionem mortis scito
quoniam in medium laqueorum ingredieris
et super dolentium arma ambulabis
21 secundum virtutem tuam cave te a proximo
et cum sapientibus et prudentibus tracta
22 viri iusti sint tibi convivae
et in timore Dei sit gloriatio tibi
23 et in sensu sit tibi cogitatus
et omnis narratio tua in praeceptis Altissimi
24 in manus artificum opera laudabitur
et princeps populi in sapientia sermonis sui
in sensu vero seniorum verbum
25 terribilis est in civitate sua homo linguosus
et temerarius in verbo suo odibilis erit