¹² delivering you from the way of evil,
    from men of perverted speech,

²⁰ Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
    but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

^13 (A)The fear of the Lord is ^(B)hatred of evil.
^(C)Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
    and ^(D)perverted speech I hate.

¹⁷ Therefore ^(A)go out from their midst,
    and be separate from them, says the Lord,
and touch no unclean thing;
    then I will welcome you,

^3 (A)For your hands are defiled with blood
    and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
    your tongue mutters wickedness.
^4 (B)No one enters suit justly;
    no one goes to law honestly;
they rely on empty pleas, they speak lies,
    ^(C)they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
⁵ They hatch adders' eggs;
    they weave the spider's web;
he who eats their eggs dies,
    and from one that is crushed a viper is hatched.

^28 (A)A dishonest man spreads strife,
    and ^(B)a whisperer ^(C)separates close friends.
²⁹ A man of violence ^(D)entices his neighbor
    and leads him in a way that is not good.
³⁰ Whoever winks his eyes plans^{[a] (E)}dishonest things;
    he who ^(F)purses his lips brings evil to pass.

⁶ Leave ^(A)your simple ways,^[a] and ^(B)live,
    ^(C)and walk in the way of insight.”