My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.

My son, do not walk in the way with them! Withhold your foot from their path;

discretion shall keep watch over you, understanding shall guard you,

to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perverse things,

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

He who walks with the wise will be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor has stood in the way of sinners, nor has sat in the seat of the scornful.

I have not sat with men of vanity, neither will I go in with hypocrites.

I have hated the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.

Do not be led astray: Evil company corrupts good character.