Proverbs 6:20-26 - Commandment And Instruction As Guardians

²⁰ My child, keep [the] commandment of your father, and do not disregard [the] instruction of your mother. ²¹ Bind them on your heart continually; tie them upon your neck. ²² {When you walk}, she will lead you, {When you lie down}, she will watch over you, and [when] you awake, she will converse [with] you. ²³ For [like] a lamp [is] a commandment, and instruction [is] light, and the way of life [is the] reproof of discipline, ²⁴ [in order] to preserve you from an evil woman, from the smoothness of [the] tongue of {an adulteress}. ²⁵ Do not desire her beauty in your heart; may she not capture you with her eyelashes. ²⁶ For [the] price of a woman, a prostitute, [is the] price of a loaf of bread, but the {woman belonging to a man} hunts precious life.