12 and prevent you from doing the wrong thing. They will keep you away from people who stir up trouble by what they say —
13 those who have abandoned a righteous life to live in the darkness of sin,
14 those who find pleasure in doing wrong and who enjoy senseless evil,
15 unreliable people who cannot be trusted.
16 You will be able to resist any immoral woman who tries to seduce you with her smooth talk,
17 who is faithless to her own husband and forgets her sacred vows.
18 If you go to her house, you are travelling the road to death. To go there is to approach the world of the dead.