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14 and exult in doing wrong, for they thoroughly enjoy their sins. 15 Everything they do is crooked and wrong.

16-17 Only wisdom from the Lord can save a man from the flattery of prostitutes; these girls have abandoned their husbands and flouted the laws of God.

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14 who delight in doing wrong
    and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,(A)
15 whose paths are crooked(B)
    and who are devious in their ways.(C)

16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman,(D)
    from the wayward woman with her seductive words,

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