passing by the corner in the passages near her house,

and in this house there is nothing above me, nor has anything been kept back from me, but you, because you are his wife- how then shall I do this wicked thing, and sin against God?

So it was, as she talked with Joseph day by day, that he did not heed her, to sleep with her, or to be with her.

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Since God has shown you all these things, there is not a wiser or more prudent man than you.

I and my heart went round about to know, and to examine, and to seek wisdom, and the account [of things], and to know the folly and trouble and madness of the ungodly man.

And I find her [to be], and I will pronounce [to be] more bitter than death, the woman which is a snare, and her heart nets, [who has] a band in her hands. [He that is] good in the sight of God shall be delivered from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.

They became as wanton horses- each one neighed after his neighbor's wife.

Hear now these things, O foolish and senseless people; who have eyes, and see not; and have ears, and hear not:

Professing to be wise, they became fools,

Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of the own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies among themselves,

The heart of My people has gladly engaged in fornication and wine and strong drink.

They asked counsel by [means of] signs, and they reported answer to them by their staves: they have gone astray in a spirit of harlotry, and gone grievously a-whoring from their God.

For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the giants.

None that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they have not apprehended of the years of life.

Iniquities ensnare a man, and everyone is bound in the chains of his own sins.

Such a man dies with the uninstructed, and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly.

And he followed her, being gently led on, as that of an ox led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a deer shot in the liver with an arrow:

and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for his life.

But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls, and they that hate me love death.

saying, Whoever is [the] most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that want prudence, saying,

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.

Cast away from yourselves all your ungodliness in which you have sinned against Me; and make to yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why should you die, O house of Israel?

O Israel, who will aid [you] in your destruction?

Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.