²⁰ Walk with the wise and become wise,
    for a companion of fools suffers harm.^(A)

³¹ Whoever heeds life-giving correction
    will be at home among the wise.^(A)

“I will live with them
    and walk among them,
and I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.”^[b](J)

“Come out from them^(K)
    and be separate,
says the Lord.
Touch no unclean thing,
    and I will receive you.”^[c](L)

“I will be a Father to you,
    and you will be my sons and daughters,^(M)
says the Lord Almighty.”^[d](N)

“‘Come out of her, my people,’^[a](A)
    so that you will not share in her sins,
    so that you will not receive any of her plagues;^(B)

¹¹ If they say, “Come along with us;
    let’s lie in wait^(A) for innocent blood,
    let’s ambush some harmless soul;
¹² let’s swallow^(B) them alive, like the grave,
    and whole, like those who go down to the pit;^(C)
13 we will get all sorts of valuable things
    and fill our houses with plunder;
¹⁴ cast lots with us;
    we will all share the loot^(D)”—
¹⁵ my son, do not go along with them,
    do not set foot^(E) on their paths;^(F)
16 for their feet rush into evil,^(G)
    they are swift to shed blood.^(H)
17 How useless to spread a net
    where every bird can see it!
¹⁸ These men lie in wait^(I) for their own blood;
    they ambush only themselves!^(J)
19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
    it takes away the life of those who get it.^(K)