15. Whose orkhot (paths) are crooked ones, and they are devious in their ma'agalot (paths);
16. To save thee from the isha zarah (strange woman), even from the nokhriyah (strange [immoral] woman) which useth smooth words;
17. Which forsaketh the alluf (companion, husband) of her youth, and forgetteth the brit (covenant) of her G-d.
18. For her bais inclineth toward mavet, and her ma'agalot (paths) to the refa'im (spirits of the dead).
19. None that go unto her return again, neither attain they to the orkhot chayyim (paths of life).
20. That thou mayest walk in the derech tovim, and be shomer over the orkhot tzaddikim (paths of the righteous).
21. For the yesharim (upright ones) shall dwell in the land, and the tamimim (blameless, faultless ones) shall remain in it.