¹⁰ My son, if sinners lure you,
do not go along with them.

²³ Above all else, guard your heart carefully,
because your life flows from it.
²⁴ Turn your mouth away from perverted speech,
and keep devious lips far away from you.
²⁵ Let your eyes look straight ahead.
Let your gaze^[a] be directly in front of you.
²⁶ Make a level pathway for your feet,
and all your ways will be secure.
²⁷ Do not swerve to the right or the left.
Turn your feet away from evil.

⁹ Whoever walks with integrity walks safely,
but whoever follows crooked ways will be found out.

⁵ The righteousness of honest people makes their way smooth,
but because of his wickedness a wicked person falls.
⁶ The righteousness of upright people rescues them,
but treacherous people are trapped by their own desire.

¹² There is a way that seems right to a man,
but in the end it is the road to death.

¹⁶ A wise person fears and turns from evil,
but a fool is rash and overconfident.

²² Don’t those who plan evil go astray?
But those who plan to do good find mercy and truth.

³ The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,
    watching evil people as well as the good.

⁶ Through mercy and truth, guilt is atoned for,
and through the fear of the Lord, one turns away from evil.

¹⁷ The highway followed by upright people turns away from evil.
The person who guards his way preserves his life.