¹⁴ Enter not into the path of the wicked,
And walk not in the way of evil men.
¹⁵ Avoid it, pass not by it;
Turn from it, and pass on.
¹⁶ For they sleep not, except they do evil;
And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.
¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light,
That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness:
They know not at what they stumble.

^20 [a]Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise;
But the companion of fools shall ^[b]smart for it.

^7 [a]Go into the presence of a foolish man,
And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

¹⁹ Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the ^[a]poor,
Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

¹⁹ He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets;
Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips.

⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse:
He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

²⁴ Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger;
And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
²⁵ Lest thou learn his ways,
And get a snare to thy soul.

⁶ Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye,
Neither desire thou his dainties:
⁷ For ^[a]as he thinketh within himself, so is he:
Eat and drink, saith he to thee;
But his heart is not with thee.
⁸ The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up,
And lose thy sweet words.

²⁰ Be not among winebibbers,
Among gluttonous eaters of flesh:
²¹ For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty;
And drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

24 Be not thou envious against evil men;
Neither desire to be with them:
² For their heart studieth oppression,
And their lips talk of mischief.