As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company.
As nothing, have my steps slipped, For I have been envious of the boastful,
A traveller to life `is' he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.
Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.
And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, Even flowing ones out of thine own well.