^{12 Ref} To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

^{13 Ref} Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,

^{14 Ref} Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,

^{15 Ref} Whose paths `are' crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.

^{16 Ref} To deliver thee from the strange woman, From the stranger who hath made smooth her sayings,

^{17 Ref} Who is forsaking the guide of her youth, And the covenant of her God hath forgotten.

^{18 Ref} For her house hath inclined unto death, And unto Rephaim her paths.

^{19 Ref} None going in unto her turn back, Nor do they reach the paths of life.

^{20 Ref} That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.