¹⁹ Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

¹ <Of David.> Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.

¹ Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

¹⁷ Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

⁴ And another voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Come out of her, my people, so that you may have no part in her sins and in her punishments.

² For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, uplifted in pride, given to bitter words, going against the authority of their fathers, never giving praise, having no religion,

³ Without natural love, bitter haters, saying evil of others, violent and uncontrolled, hating all good,

⁴ False to their friends, acting without thought, lifted up in mind, loving pleasure more than God;

⁵ Having a form of religion, but turning their backs on the power of it: go not with these.

¹¹ And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;

¹⁷ For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,

²⁰ Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

¹¹⁵ Go far from me, you evil-doers; so that I may keep the teachings of my God.

³ Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers.

⁴ I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.

⁵ I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.

¹ Happy is the man who does not go in the company of sinners, or take his place in the way of evil-doers, or in the seat of those who do not give honour to the Lord.

²⁶ And he said to the people, Come away now from the tents of these evil men, without touching anything of theirs, or you may be taken in the punishment of their sins.