3 Keep them at your fingertipsand write themin your mind.
4 Let wisdom be your sisterand make common senseyour closest friend.
5 They will protect youfrom the flattering wordsof someone else's wife.
6 From the window of my house,I once happened to see
7 some foolish young men.
8 It was late in the evening,some time after dark.
9 One of these young menturned the cornerand was walking by the houseof an unfaithful wife.