Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
…saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’
Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?
But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.