¹⁴ 
Do not enter the path of the wicked,
And do not go the way of evil men.
¹⁵ 
Avoid it, do not travel on it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
¹⁶ 
For the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are deprived of sleep unless they make someone stumble and fall.
¹⁷ 
For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.
¹⁸ 
But the path of the just (righteous) is like the light of dawn,
That shines brighter and brighter until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day.^(A)
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The way of the wicked is like [deep] darkness;
They do not know over what they stumble.^(B)

²⁴ 
Do not even associate with a man given to angry outbursts;
Or go [along] with a hot-tempered man,
²⁵ 
Or you will learn his [undisciplined] ways
And get yourself trapped [in a situation from which it is hard to escape].

⁶ 
Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;
⁷ 
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he [in behavior—one who manipulates].
He says to you, “Eat and drink,”
Yet his heart is not with you [but it is begrudging the cost].
⁸ 
The morsel which you have eaten you will vomit up,
And you will waste your compliments.

²⁰ 
Do not associate with heavy drinkers of wine,
Or with gluttonous eaters of meat,^(A)
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For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And the drowsiness [of overindulgence] will clothe one with rags.