28Can a man walk on hot coals

without his feet being scorched?

29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife;

no one who touches her will go unpunished.

30Men do not despise a thief if he steals

to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

31Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold,

though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

32But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment;

whoever does so destroys himself.

33Blows and disgrace are his lot,

and his shame will never be wiped away;

34for jealousy arouses a husband’s fury,

and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

35He will not accept any compensation;

he will refuse the bribe, however great it is.