Proverbs 2:13-21

¹³Deceitful people have stopped acting fairly/justly toward others and ◄walk on dark and evil paths/do what evil people do► MET.

¹⁴They enjoy doing what is wrong; they like to do what is evil and to deceive people.

¹⁵They ◄walk on crooked paths/always deceive others► and are always dishonest.

¹⁶If you are wise PRS, you will also be saved from ◄immoral women/prostitutes►; you will not pay attention when adulterous women try to ◄seduce/entice you by what they say.►

¹⁷Those women have left the husbands whom they married when they were young; they have disregarded the solemn promise they made to God not to commit adultery.

¹⁸If you go into houses of women who are like that, you will die when you are still young; the road to their houses leads to hell.

¹⁹No man who ◄visits/sleeps with► a woman like that will again live harmoniously with his family. He will never have a happy life again.

²⁰If you are wise, you should behave like good men behave. You should ◄stay on the paths that righteous people walk on/do what godly people do► MET,

²¹because only godly people will live in this land and receive God's blessings; only those who have not done wrong will stay here for a long time.