I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation.
Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.
He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.