13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To
awalk in the ways of darkness;
14 aWho rejoice in doing evil,
And delight in the perversity of the wicked;
15 aWhose ways
are crooked,
And
who are devious in their paths;
16 To deliver you from
athe immoral woman,
bFrom the seductress
who flatters with her words,
17 Who forsakes the companion of her youth,
And forgets the covenant of her God.
18 For
aher house leads down to death,
And her paths to the dead;
19 None who go to her return,
Nor do they
1 regain the paths of life—
20 So you may walk in the way of goodness,
And keep
to the paths of righteousness.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
