Proverbs 2:13-22 ▼

13 from those who abandon the paths of righteousness to walk the ways of darkness,

14 from those who enjoy doing evil, from those who find joy in the deviousness of evil.

15 Their paths are crooked. Their ways are devious.

16 [Wisdom will] also save you from an adulterous woman, from a loose woman with her smooth talk,

17 who leaves [her husband,]the closest friend of her youth,[and forgets her marriage vows to her God.]

18 Her house sinks down to death. Her ways lead to the souls of the dead.

19 None who have sex with her come back. Nor do they ever reach the paths of life.

20 So walk in the way of good people and stay on the paths of righteous people.

21 Decent people will live in the land. People of integrity will remain in it.

22 But wicked people will be cut off from the land and treacherous people will be torn from it.