^{12 Ref} To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

^{13 Ref} Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

^{14 Ref} Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

^{15 Ref} Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

^{16 Ref} To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

^{17 Ref} Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

^{18 Ref} For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

^{19 Ref} None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

^{20 Ref} That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.