^{15 Ref} Whose ways are not straight, and whose footsteps are turned to evil:

^{16 Ref} To take you out of the power of the strange woman, who says smooth words with her tongue;

^{17 Ref} Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

^{18 Ref} For her house is on the way down to death; her footsteps go down to the shades: