"Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me."
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O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall.
And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Lo, not in their hand `is' their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)