In Solomon, in the Proverbs: "Bring not the impious man into the habitation of the righteous." [4573] Also in the same, in Ecclesiasticus: "Let righteous men be thy guests." [4574] And again: "The faithful friend is a medicine of life and of immortality." [4575] Also in the same place: "Be thou far from the man who has the power to slay, and thou shalt not suspect fear." [4576] Also in the same place: "Blessed is he who findeth a true friend, and who speaketh righteousness to the listening ear." [4577] Also in the same place: "Hedge thine ears with thorns, and hear not a wicked tongue." [4578] Also in the seventeenth Psalm: "With the righteous Thou shalt be justified; and with the innocent man Thou shalt be innocent; and with the froward man Thou shalt be froward." [4579] Also in the first Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians: "Evil communications corrupt good dispositions." [4580]

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Footnotes:

[4573] Proverbs 24:15.

[4574] Ecclus. ix. 16.

[4575] Ecclus. vi. 16.

[4576] Ecclus. ix. 13.

[4577] Ecclus. xxv. 9.

[4578] Ecclus. xxviii. 24.

[4579] Psalm 18:25, 26.

[4580] 1 Corinthians 15:33.