Proverbs 2:12-18

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.