KJV:
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
NASB:
Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness With men who do iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies.
KJV:
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
NASB:
For they eat the bread of wickedness And drink the wine of violence.
KJV:
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
NASB:
"For my mouth will utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
KJV:
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
NASB:
Ill-gotten gains do not profit, But righteousness delivers from death.
KJV:
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
NASB:
A man will not be established by wickedness, But the root of the righteous will not be moved.
KJV:
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
NASB:
It is an abomination for kings to commit wicked acts, For a throne is established on righteousness.
KJV:
And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.
NASB:
Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
KJV:
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
NASB:
I directed my mind to know, to investigate and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of folly and the foolishness of madness.
KJV:
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
NASB:
No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver those who practice it.