Contrasting the way of the upright with that of the wicked, the king of Israel says: “The righteous one spies out his own pasturage, but the very way of wicked ones causes them to wander about. ”
( नीतिसूत्रे १२: २६, NW) धार्मिक आपल्या कुरणाविषयी सावध असतो, अर्थात आपले सोबती व मित्र निवडताना तो चोखंदळ असतो.