20 For why should you, my son, be enraptured by ^aan immoral woman,
And be embraced in the arms of a seductress? ‡

21 ^aFor the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord,
And He¹ ponders all his paths. ‡

23 ^aHe shall die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. ‡