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

²⁰ My son, keep your father’s command,
and don’t reject your mother’s teaching.
²¹ Always bind them to your heart;
tie them around your neck.
²² When you walk here and there, they will guide you;
when you lie down, they will watch over you;
when you wake up, they will talk to you.
²³ For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,
and corrective discipline is the way to life.
²⁴ They will protect you from an evil woman,
from the flattering tongue of a stranger.
²⁵ Don’t lust in your heart for her beauty
or let her captivate you with her eyelashes.
²⁶ For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,
but an adulteress goes after a precious life.