¹⁵ my child, do not walk in their way;
    keep your foot from their paths,^(A)

¹⁰¹ I hold back my feet from every evil way,
    in order to keep your word.^(A)

¹ Happy are those
    who do not follow the advice of the wicked
or take the path that sinners tread
    or sit in the seat of scoffers,^(A)

²⁷ Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
    turn your foot away from evil.^(A)

¹⁷ Therefore come out from them,
    and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch nothing unclean;
    then I will welcome you,^(A)

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.

²⁰ Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
    but the companion of fools suffers harm.^(A)

⁸ Keep your way far from her,
    and do not go near the door of her house,^(A)