9 A daughter is a secret cause of wakefulness to a father.

Care for her takes away sleep—

in her youth, lest she pass the flower of her age;

when she is married, lest she should be hated;

10 in her virginity, lest she should be defiled and be with child in her father’s house;

when she has a husband, lest she should transgress;

and when she is married, lest she should be barren.

11 Keep a strict watch over a headstrong daughter,

lest she make you a laughingstock to your enemies,

a byword in the city and notorious amongst the people,

and shame you in public.

12 Don’t gaze at every beautiful body.

Don’t sit in the midst of women.

13 Because from garments comes a moth,

and from a woman comes a woman’s wickedness.

14 Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant woman,

a woman who puts you to shame and disgrace.