I do not spend time with liars, nor do I make friends with those who hide their sin.
“If I have been dishonest or lied to others,
Happy are those who don’t listen to the wicked, who don’t go where sinners go, who don’t do what evil people do.
Let those who want to do wrong stay away from me; I will have nothing to do with evil.
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.
Those who work their land will have plenty of food, but the one who chases empty dreams is not wise.
Spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer.
Stop your foolish ways, and you will live; take the road of understanding.
I never sat with the crowd as they laughed and had fun. I sat by myself, because you were there, and you filled me with anger at the evil around me.
Do not be fooled: “Bad friends will ruin good habits.”
“Leave those people, and be separate, says the Lord. Touch nothing that is unclean, and I will accept you.”