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

²⁰ My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother. ²¹ Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck. ²² When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you. ²³ For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life, ²⁴ by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman. ²⁵ Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes; ²⁶ for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life.