¹⁰ My child, if sinners entice you,
    do not consent.^(A)

²³ Keep your heart with all vigilance,
    for from it flow the springs of life.^(A)
24 Put away from you crooked speech,
    and put devious talk far from you.^(B)
25 Let your eyes look directly forward
    and your gaze be straight before you.
²⁶ Keep straight the path of your feet,
    and all your ways will be sure.^(C)
27 Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
    turn your foot away from evil.^(D)

⁹ Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
    but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out.^(A)

⁵ The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight,
    but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
⁶ The righteousness of the upright saves them,
    but the treacherous are taken captive by their schemes.^(A)

¹² There is a way that seems right to a person,
    but its end is the way to death.^[a](A)

¹⁶ The wise are cautious and turn away from evil,
    but the fool throws off restraint and is careless.^(A)

²² Do not those who plan evil err?
    Those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.

³ The eyes of the Lord are in every place,
    keeping watch on the evil and the good.^(A)

⁶ By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,
    and by the fear of the Lord one avoids evil.^(A)