¹⁰ For wisdom will enter your heart,^(A)
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
¹¹ Discretion will protect you,
    and understanding will guard you.^(B)

²⁰ Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
    and keep to the paths of the righteous.

¹⁴ Do not set foot on the path of the wicked
    or walk in the way of evildoers.^(A)
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
    turn from it and go on your way.
¹⁶ For they cannot rest until they do evil;^(B)
    they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
¹⁷ They eat the bread of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence.^(C)

¹⁸ The path of the righteous^(D) is like the morning sun,^(E)
    shining ever brighter till the full light of day.^(F)
19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness;^(G)
    they do not know what makes them stumble.^(H)

²⁰ Walk with the wise and become wise,
    for a companion of fools suffers harm.^(A)

²⁸ A perverse person stirs up conflict,^(A)
    and a gossip separates close friends.^(B)

¹² Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
    than a fool bent on folly.^(A)

¹⁷ A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for a time of adversity.^(A)

²⁴ One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
    but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.^(A)

⁴ Wealth attracts many friends,
    but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.^(A)