So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness.
that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God.
Thus says the Lord: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Depart from me, you evildoers, For I will keep the commandments of my God!
I am a companion of all who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts.
But the path of the just is like the shining sun, That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.
I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.
I traverse the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice,