¹² It will rescue you from the way of evil—
from anyone who says perverse things,

¹⁶ It will rescue you from a forbidden woman,^(A)
from a wayward woman with her flattering talk,^(B)

¹⁴ Keep off the path of the wicked;^(A)
don’t proceed on the way of evil ones.

³ Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey
and her words are^[a] smoother than oil,