¹⁴ Don’t do as the wicked do,
    and don’t follow the path of evildoers.
¹⁵ Don’t even think about it; don’t go that way.
    Turn away and keep moving.
¹⁶ For evil people can’t sleep until they’ve done their evil deed for the day.
    They can’t rest until they’ve caused someone to stumble.
¹⁷ They eat the food of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence!

¹⁸ The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn,
    which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.
¹⁹ But the way of the wicked is like total darkness.
    They have no idea what they are stumbling over.

²⁰ Walk with the wise and become wise;
    associate with fools and get in trouble.

⁷ Stay away from fools,
    for you won’t find knowledge on their lips.

¹⁹ Better to live humbly with the poor
    than to share plunder with the proud.

¹⁹ A gossip goes around telling secrets,
    so don’t hang around with chatterers.