¹⁴ Do not enter the path of the wicked,
    and do not walk in the way of evildoers.^(A)
15 Avoid it; do not go on it;
    turn away from it and pass on.
¹⁶ For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
    they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.^(B)
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence.
¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
    which shines brighter and brighter until full day.^(C)
19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
    they do not know what they stumble over.^(D)
20 My child, be attentive to my words;
    incline your ear to my sayings.
²¹ Do not let them escape from your sight;
    keep them within your heart.^(E)
22 For they are life to those who find them
    and healing to all their flesh.^(F)
23 Keep your heart with all vigilance,
    for from it flow the springs of life.^(G)
24 Put away from you crooked speech,
    and put devious talk far from you.^(H)
25 Let your eyes look directly forward
    and your gaze be straight before you.
²⁶ Keep straight the path of your feet,
    and all your ways will be sure.^(I)
27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
    turn your foot away from evil.^(J)