Proverbs 2:11-18

¹¹good counsel shall guard thee, and holy understanding shall keep thee;

¹²to deliver thee from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.

¹³Alas for those who forsake right paths, to walk in ways of darkness;

¹⁴who rejoice in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness;

¹⁵whose paths are crooked, and their courses winding;

¹⁶to remove thee far from the straight way, and to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake thee,

¹⁷of her who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of God.

¹⁸For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the giants.