12. to deliver you from the way of the evil man,from the man who speaks perverse things,
13. from those who leave the paths of uprightnessto walk in the ways of darkness;
14. who rejoice to do evil,and delight in the perversity of the wicked;
15. whose ways are crooked,and who are devious in their paths;
16. to deliver you from the immoral woman,even from the seductress who flatters with her words,
17. who forsakes the guide of her youth,and forgets the covenant of her God.
18. For her house leads down to death,and her paths to the departed spirits;
19. none who go to her return again,nor do they take hold of the paths of life.
20. So you may walk in the way of good menand keep the paths of the righteous.
21. For the upright will dwell in the land,and the innocent will remain in it;