If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or {if} I have laid wait at my neighbour's door;

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! {a matter: or, wood}

They {are} all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, {who} ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. {who...: or, the raiser will cease} {raising: or, waking}

Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

For it {is} a fire {that} consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase.