But wisdom will help you be good and do what is right.
Get away from me, you who do evil, so I can keep my God’s commands.
I am a friend to everyone who fears you, to anyone who obeys your orders.
Spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer.
I am guiding you in the way of wisdom, and I am leading you on the right path.
The way of the good person is like the light of dawn, growing brighter and brighter until full daylight.
I do what is right and follow the path of justice.
This is what the Lord says: “Stand where the roads cross and look. Ask where the old way is, where the good way is, and walk on it. If you do, you will find rest for yourselves. But they have said, ‘We will not walk on the good way.’
We do not want you to become lazy. Be like those who through faith and patience will receive what God has promised.
My dear friend, do not follow what is bad; follow what is good. The one who does good belongs to God. But the one who does evil has never known God.
