²⁵ Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
    or let her captivate you with her eyes.

²⁶ For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread,
    but another man’s wife preys on your very life.^(B)
27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap
    without his clothes being burned?
²⁸ Can a man walk on hot coals
    without his feet being scorched?
²⁹ So is he who sleeps^(C) with another man’s wife;^(D)
    no one who touches her will go unpunished.

³² But a man who commits adultery^(A) has no sense;^(B)
    whoever does so destroys himself.
³³ Blows and disgrace are his lot,
    and his shame will never^(C) be wiped away.

³⁴ For jealousy^(D) arouses a husband’s fury,^(E)
    and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
³⁵ He will not accept any compensation;
    he will refuse a bribe, however great it is.^(F)