If you walk with wise men you shall be wise, but he that walks with fools shall be known.

But them that turn aside to crooked ways the Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity; [but] peace [shall be] upon Israel.

and them that turn aside from the Lord, and them that seek not the Lord, and them that cleave not to the Lord.

And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness more than the light, because their works were evil.

For everyone that does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works be exposed.

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and became partakers of the Holy Spirit,

and having fallen away, to renew [them] again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and hold Him up to contempt.

For if we sin willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery zeal being about to devour the adversaries.

But the just shall live by faith, and if he withdraws, My soul has no pleasure in him."

For it was better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than knowing it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.

But it has happened to them [according to] the [saying] of the true proverb: "A dog returns to his own vomit," and, "A sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire."

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but [they went out] in order that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the giants.

None that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they have not apprehended of the years of life.

for she has wounded and cast down many, and those whom she has slain are innumerable.

Her house is the way of hell, leading down to the chambers of death.

But he knows that mighty men die by her, and he falls in with a snare of hell. [ 9:18A] But hasten away, do not delay in the place, neither fix your eye upon her; [ 9:18B] for thus shall you go through strange water; [ 9:18C] but abstain from strange water, and do not drink from a strange fountain, [ 9:18D] that you may live long, and years of life may be added to you.

And you [He made alive], being dead in transgressions and sins,

These are stains in your love feasts, while they feast [with you] without fear, caring for themselves, they are waterless clouds being carried along by winds; late autumn trees unfruitful, twice having died, having been uprooted,