¹⁴ Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
    or walk in the way of evildoers.^(A)

¹⁵ my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot^(A) on their paths;^(B)

¹⁰ My son, if sinful men entice^(A) you,
    do not give in^(B) to them.^(C)

²⁰ Walk with the wise and become wise,
    for a companion of fools suffers harm.^(A)

¹¹ Discretion will protect you,
    and understanding will guard you.^(A)

¹² Wisdom will save^(B) you from the ways of wicked men,
    from men whose words are perverse,

⁴ I do not sit^(A) with the deceitful,
    nor do I associate with hypocrites.^(B)
5 I abhor^(C) the assembly of evildoers
    and refuse to sit with the wicked.