¹⁶ Long life is in her right hand;^(A)
    in her left hand are riches and honor.^(B)
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
    and all her paths are peace.^(C)
18 She is a tree of life^(D) to those who take hold of her;
    those who hold her fast will be blessed.^(E)

⁸ Keep to a path far from her,^(A)
    do not go near the door of her house,

²⁶ I find more bitter than death
    the woman who is a snare,^(A)
whose heart is a trap
    and whose hands are chains.
The man who pleases God will escape her,
    but the sinner she will ensnare.^(B)