10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; |
11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: |
12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; |
13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; |
14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; |
15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: |
16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; |
17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. |
18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. |
19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. |