¹⁶ Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

¹⁸ Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

¹ Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:

²⁵ But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted and thou art in anguish.

² And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.

⁸ There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.

⁸ Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.

⁵ God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah

⁶ The righteous also shall see `it', and fear, And shall laugh at him, `saying',

⁷ Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

⁶ They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

⁷ None `of them' can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;

⁹ Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,

¹⁰ In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?

²¹ and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah.

⁶ O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked an ox.