To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;
Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
Walk with wise men, and thou shalt be wise; But the companion of fools shall smart for it.
The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Wherefore Come ye out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing; And I will receive you,
and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.
For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, To practise deeds of wickedness With men that work iniquity: And let me not eat of their dainties.
A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.
A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the wicked speaketh perverseness.
Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things.
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.