⁴ And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as the family of Ahab did; for after the death of his father they were his guides to his destruction.

²⁰ Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

¹⁷ Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them.

¹⁸ And they gave up the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and became worshippers of pillars of wood and of the images; and because of this sin of theirs, wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem.

¹⁰ My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

⁵ The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

²⁷ A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.