Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from a fowler’s trap.

He follows her impulsively
like an ox going to the slaughter,
like a deer bounding toward a trap

A fool’s mouth is his devastation,
and his lips are a trap for his life.

It is a trap for anyone to dedicate something rashly
and later to reconsider his vows.

The righteousness of the blameless clears his path,
but the wicked person will fall because of his wickedness.

Without guidance, people fall,
but with many counselors there is deliverance.

Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.

Pride comes before destruction,
and an arrogant spirit before a fall.

One with a twisted mind will not succeed,
and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.

The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit;
a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.

The one who digs a pit will fall into it,
and whoever rolls a stone—
it will come back on him.

The one who leads the upright into an evil way
will fall into his own pit,
but the blameless will inherit what is good.

The one who lives with integrity will be helped,
but one who distorts right and wrong
will suddenly fall.