who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you.

Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding.”

who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God.

Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching.

The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die.

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them.

The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.

Do not let truth and mercy leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.