12 Don’t set him next to you, lest he overthrow you and stand in your place. Don’t let him sit on your right hand, lest he seek to take your seat, and at the last you acknowledge my words, and be pricked with my sayings. (WEB) 13 Who will pity a charmer that is bitten by a snake, or any who come near wild beasts? (WEB) 14 Even so, who will pity him who goes to a sinner, and is associated with him in his sins? (WEB)
Sirach 12:12–14
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Sirach 8:9–11
9 Don’t miss the discourse of the aged, for they also learned from their parents, because from them you will learn understanding, and to give an answer in time of need. (WEB) 10 Don’t kindle the coals of a sinner, lest you be burned with the flame of his fire. (WEB) 11 Don’t rise… (WEB)
Proverbs 22:24–26
24 Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, 25 or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. 26 Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
Sirach 11:32–34
32 From a spark of fire, a heap of many coals is kindled, and a sinful man lies in wait to shed blood. (WEB) 33 Take heed of an evil-doer, for he plans wicked things, lest perhaps he ruin your reputation forever. (WEB) 34 Receive a stranger into your house, and he will distract you… (WEB)
Sirach 30:9–11
9 Pamper your child, and he will make you afraid. Play with him, and he will grieve you. (WEB) 10 Don’t laugh with him, lest you have sorrow with him, and you gnash your teeth in the end. (WEB) 11 Give him no liberty in his youth, and don’t ignore his follies. (WEB)
Psalms 50:17–19
17 For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you. 18 When you see a thief, you befriend him, and throw in your lot with adulterers. 19 You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
Job 34:7–9
7 What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water? 8 He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men. 9 For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
Sirach 9:10–12
10 Don’t forsake an old friend; for a new one is not comparable to him. A new friend is like new wine: if it becomes old, you will drink it with gladness. (WEB) 11 Don’t envy the success of a sinner; for you don’t know what his end will be. (WEB) 12 Don’t delight in the delights of… (WEB)
1 Samuel 24:12–14
12 May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you. 13 As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you. 14 Against whom has the king of Israel come…
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