^{15 Ref} Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

^{16 Ref} To deliver thee from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner that flattereth with her words;

^{17 Ref} That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:

^{18 Ref} For her house inclineth unto death, And her paths unto the dead;