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20 My son, don’t be held captive by a woman who takes part in adultery.
    Don’t hold another man’s wife.

21 The Lord sees everything you do.
    He watches where you go.
22 An evil man will be caught in his evil ways.
    He will be tied up by his sins as if they were ropes.

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20 Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
    Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

21 For your ways are in full view(A) of the Lord,
    and he examines(B) all your paths.(C)
22 The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them;(D)
    the cords of their sins hold them fast.(E)

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