Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord o
Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against
Abstain from every form of evil.
But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him:
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
So I advise the younger widows to marry, have children, and manage their households, denying the adversary occasion for