^{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;

^{19 Ref} None that go unto her return again, Neither do they attain unto the paths of life:

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

^{21 Ref} For the upright shall dwell in the land, And the perfect shall remain in it.

^{22 Ref} But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.