Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

I {am} a companion of all {them} that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.

Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard {it}, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; {straightway: Heb. suddenly}

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, {and} which stood before him:

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

Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched {his} tent toward Sodom.

And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou {it} lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little {finger} shall be thicker than my father's loins.

Her house {is} the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore {is} wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I {am} as thou {art}, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest {thy flock} to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? {as one...: or, as one that is veiled}

And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it {is} the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.

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.

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

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not {in him} the lips of knowledge.

My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

I {am} a companion of all {them} that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

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

Fret not thyself because of evil {men}, neither be thou envious at the wicked; {Fret...: or, Keep not company with the wicked}

{But} to the saints that {are} in the earth, and {to} the excellent, in whom {is} all my delight.

Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

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

Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain {persons} shall have poverty enough.

And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it {is} the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.

Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain {persons is} void of understanding.

The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.

Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

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

That thou mayest walk in the way of good {men}, and keep the paths of the righteous.

And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; {roughly: Heb. hardly}

And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name {was} Hirah.

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law.

And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. {defiled...: Heb. humbled her}

And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.

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

And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not {any} thing hid from the king, which he told her not. {questions: Heb. words}

And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which {is} in the waters, they {shall be} an abomination unto you:

But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, {It is} no transgression; the same {is} the companion of a destroyer. {a destroyer: Heb. a man destroying}

Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this {is} the time of the LORD'S vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.

In the day of our king the princes have made {him} sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. {bottles...: or, heat through wine}

Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard {it}, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.

So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining. {kinsfolks: or, acquaintance}

And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.

But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw {this}, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. {And they did so} at the going up to Gur, which {is} by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I {am} as thou {art}, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? {dwellest: or, abidest}

Happy {are} thy men, and happy {are} these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.

Happy {are} thy men, happy {are} these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, {and} that hear thy wisdom.