17. For they have eaten bread of wickedness, And wine of violence they drink.
18. And the path of the righteous [is] as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,
19. The way of the wicked [is] as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.
20. My son, to my words give attention, To my sayings incline thine ear,
21. Let them not turn aside from thine eyes, Preserve them in the midst of thy heart.
22. For life they [are] to those finding them, And to all their flesh healing.
23. Above every charge keep thy heart, For out of it [are] the outgoings of life.
24. Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,
25. Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26. Ponder thou the path of thy feet, And all thy ways [are] established.
27. Incline not [to] the right or to the left, Turn aside thy foot from evil!