16. It will rescue you from a forbidden woman, from a stranger with her flattering talk,
17. who abandons the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God;
18. for her house sinks down to deathand her ways to the land of the departed spirits.
19. None return who go to her;none reach the paths of life.
20. So follow the way of good people, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21. For the upright will inhabit the land,and those of integrity will remain in it;