1
Do not be jealous of the wife of your bosom, or you will teach her an evil lesson to your own hurt.
2
Do not give yourself to a woman and let her trample down your strength.
3
Do not go near a loose woman, or you will fall into her snares.
4
Do not dally with a singing girl, or you will be caught by her tricks.
5
Do not look intently at a virgin, or you may stumble and incur penalties for her.
6
Do not give yourself to prostitutes, or you may lose your inheritance.
7
Do not look around in the streets of a city, or wander about in its deserted sections.
8
Turn away your eyes from a shapely woman, and do not gaze at beauty belonging to another; many have been seduced by a woman's beauty, and by it passion is kindled like a fire.
9
Never dine with another man's wife, or revel with her at wine; or your heart may turn aside to her, and in blood you may be plunged into destruction.
10
Do not abandon old friends, for new ones cannot equal them. A new friend is like new wine; when it has aged, you can drink it with pleasure.
11
Do not envy the success of sinners, for you do not know what their end will be like.