I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

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}

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

Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean {thing}; and I will receive you,

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

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

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

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

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

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove {them}.

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

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

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

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; {it} shall not cleave to me. {wicked...: Heb. thing of Belial}

I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.

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

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

O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. {digged...: or, houghed oxen}

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; {righteously: Heb. in righteousnesses} {uprightly: Heb. uprightnesses} {oppressions: or, deceits} {blood: Heb. bloods}

Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

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.

And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.

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

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

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