Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught.

[ 3:7] And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to contemplate, and having taken of its fruit she ate, and she gave to her husband also with her, and they ate.

Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft.

But he knows that mighty men die by her, and he falls in with a snare of hell. [ 9:18A] But hasten away, do not delay in the place, neither fix your eye upon her; [ 9:18B] for thus shall you go through strange water; [ 9:18C] but abstain from strange water, and do not drink from a strange fountain, [ 9:18D] that you may live long, and years of life may be added to you.

[This translation omits this verse.]

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart blameless, but not in the sight of your eyes: yet know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Whose mouth is full of cursing, and bitterness, and fraud: under his tongue are trouble and pain.

He loved cursing also, and it shall come upon him; and he took not pleasure in blessing, so it shall be removed far from him.

Yea, he put on cursing as a garment, and it has come as water into his bowels, and as oil into his bones.