Proverbs 2:12-17

¹²to deliver you 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 you far from the straight way, and to estrange you from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake you,

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