Blessed {is} the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. {ungodly: or, wicked}

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

He that walketh with wise {men} shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. {destroyed: Heb. broken}

I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.

When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. {hast...: Heb. thy portion was with}

To deliver thee from the way of the evil {man}, from the man that speaketh froward things;

My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

Behold, these {are} the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase {in} riches.

For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. {uttereth: Heb. teacheth}

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? {lies: or, devices}

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil {men}.

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. {answer...: Heb. return to thee words}

My desire {is that} Job may be tried unto the end because of {his} answers for wicked men. {My...: or, My father, let Job be tried}

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold {on thee}. {take...: or, should uphold thee}

But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? {It is} God that justifieth.