The evil-doers here include not robbers and murderers only (Proverbs 1:10–16), but all who leave the straight path and the open day for…

Froward things. —(Heb., tahpûkhôth), i.e., misrepresentations, distortions of the truth.

To deliver you from the way of the evil [man]
Who is so by nature and practice, who is hardened in sin and abandoned…

If we are truly wise, we will be careful to avoid all evil company and evil practices. When wisdom governs us, then it not only fills the head but …