14 Keep your father and mother in mindwhen you sit among the mighty,Lest you forget yourself in their presenceand disgrace your upbringing.Then you will wish you had never been bornand will curse the day of your birth.
15 Those accustomed to using abusive languagewill never acquire discipline as long as they live.
16 Two types of people multiply sins,and a third draws down wrath:Burning passion is like a blazing fire,not to be quenched till it burns itself out;One unchaste with his kindrednever stops until fire breaks forth.
17 To the unchaste all bread is sweet;he is never through till he dies.
18 The man who dishonors his marriage bedsays to himself, “Who can see me?Darkness surrounds me, walls hide me,no one sees me. Who can stop me from sinning?”He is not mindful of the Most High,
19 fearing only human eyes.He does not realize that the eyes of the Lord,ten thousand times brighter than the sun,Observe every step takenand peer into hidden corners.
20 The one who knows all things before they existstill knows them all after they are made.