Proverbs 2:10-20

New International Reader's Version

¹² Wisdom will save you from the ways of evil men.
    It will save you from men who twist their words.
¹³ Men like that have left the straight paths
    to walk in dark ways.
¹⁴ They take delight in doing what is wrong.
    They take joy in twisting everything around.
¹⁵ Their paths are crooked.
    Their ways are not straight.

¹⁶ Wisdom will save you from a woman who commits adultery.
    It will save you from a sinful woman and her tempting words.
¹⁷ She has left the man she married when she was young.
    She has broken the promise she made in front of God.
¹⁸ Surely her house leads down to death.
    Her paths lead to the spirits of the dead.
¹⁹ No one who goes to her comes back
    or reaches the paths of life.

²⁰ You will walk in the ways of good people.
    You will follow the paths of those who do right.