¹⁴ Enter not into the path of the wicked,
and go not in the way of evil men.
¹⁵ Avoid it, pass not by it,
turn from it, and pass away.
¹⁶ For they sleep not, except they have done mischief;
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 just is as the shining 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 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise:
    but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

²⁸ A froward man soweth strife:
    and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

¹² Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,
    rather than a fool in his folly.

¹⁷ A friend loveth at all times,
    and a brother is born for adversity.

²⁴ A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly:
    and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

⁴ Wealth maketh many friends;
    but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

⁶ Many will intreat the favour of the prince:
    and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

⁷ All the brethren of the poor do hate him:
    how much more do his friends go far from him?
he pursueth them with words,
    yet they are wanting to him.