¹⁴ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

¹ Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

¹⁵ My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

³³ Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

⁴ I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

⁵ I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked.

¹¹ Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

¹² To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

⁶ Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

²⁰ He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.