New Revised Standard Version
Perverseness of heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.

Contemporary English Version
and I won't be dishonest or deceitful.

New American Bible
May the devious heart keep far from me; the wicked I will not acknowledge.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know.

The perverse heart did not cleave to me: and the malignant, that turned aside from me, I would not know.

a froward

Proverbs 2:12-15 Who leave the right way, and walk by dark ways: . . .

Proverbs 3:32 Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed.

Proverbs 8:13 Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.

Proverbs 11:20 Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved.

know

Psalm 6:8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity: for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

Psalm 119:115 Depart from me, ye malignant: and I will search the commandments of my God.

Proverbs 9:6 He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.

Proverbs 22:24 Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:

Matthew 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.

2 Corinthians 6:14-16 Bear not the yoke with unbelievers. For what participation hath justice with injustice? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness? . . .

2 Timothy 2:19 But the sure foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal: the Lord knoweth who are his; and let every one depart from iniquity who nameth the name of the Lord.