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 do not sleep, unless they have done evil; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone 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 light of the morning star, that shines more and more until the day is perfect.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness; they do not know in what they stumble.

²⁰ ¶ He that walks with wise men shall be wise, but the companion of fools shall be destroyed.

⁷ ¶ Go from the presence of the foolish man when thou dost not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

¹⁹ ¶ It is better to humble your spirit with the lowly than to divide the spoil with the proud.

¹⁹ ¶ He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips.

⁵ ¶ Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he that keeps his soul shall be far from them.

²⁴ ¶ Do not meddle with an angry man, and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

²⁵ Lest thou learn his ways and get a snare to thy soul.

⁶ ¶ Do not eat the bread of anyone who has an evil eye, neither desire his dainty foods;

⁷ for as he thinks in his soul, so is he; Eat and drink, he shall say unto thee, but his heart is not with thee.

⁸ Didst thou eat thy part? Thou shalt vomit it up and lose thy sweet words.

²⁰ Do not be among those who are drunk with wine; nor among gluttonous eaters of food;

²¹ for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall cause them to wear rags.

24 ¶ Do not be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them.

² For their heart studies robbery, and their lips speak evil.