my son, do not walk in the way with them; hold back your foot from their paths,
I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word.
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.
Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on.
I do not sit with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites. I hate the assembly of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked.
Therefore go out from their midst, and be separate from them, says the Lord, and touch no unclean thing; then I will welcome you,
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.”
Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,
Thus says the Lord concerning this people: “They have loved to wander thus; they have not restrained their feet; therefore the Lord does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.”
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