Proverbs 2:16-18

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁶ [Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall keep you] to deliver you from the alien woman, from the outsider with her flattering words,^(A)

¹⁷ Who forsakes the husband and guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.

¹⁸ For her house sinks down to death and her paths to the spirits [of the dead].