Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.
To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.
Therefore, “Come out from them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them.
Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of insight.”
For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence.
Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers; do not let me eat their delicacies.
The perverse of heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with what is evil.
A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.
Your eyes will see strange sights, and your mind will imagine confusing things.
Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.