¹⁵ My son! go not in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path,

¹⁰¹ From every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.

¹ O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat;

¹⁷ wherefore, come ye forth out of the midst of them, and be separated, saith the Lord, and an unclean thing do not touch, and I -- I will receive you,

²⁷ Incline not `to' the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!

¹⁴ Into the path of the wicked enter not, And be not happy in a way of evil doers.

¹⁵ Avoid it, pass not over into it, Turn aside from it, and pass on.

⁴ I have not sat with vain men, And with dissemblers I enter not.

⁵ I have hated the assembly of evil doers, And with the wicked I sit not.

¹⁰ Thus said Jehovah concerning this people: Well they have loved to wander, Their feet they have not restrained, And Jehovah hath not accepted them, Now doth He remember their iniquity, And inspect their sin.

²⁰ Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.

⁶ Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

⁸ Keep far from off her thy way, And come not near unto the opening of her house,