95. That we are to live with the good, but to avoid the evil.

In Solomon, in the Proverbs: “Bring not the impious man into the habitation of the righteous.”^45734573    Prov. xxiv. 15. Also in the same, in Ecclesiasticus: “Let righteous men be thy guests.”^45744574    Ecclus. ix. 16. And again: “The faithful friend is a medicine of life and of immortality.”^45754575    Ecclus. vi. 16. Also in the same place:  “Be thou far from the man who has the power to slay, and thou shalt not suspect fear.”^45764576    Ecclus. ix. 13. Also in the same place:  “Blessed is he who findeth a true friend, and who speaketh righteousness to the listening ear.”^45774577    Ecclus. xxv. 9. Also in the same place:  “Hedge thine ears with thorns, and hear not a wicked tongue.”^45784578    Ecclus. xxviii. 24.  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.”^45794579    Ps. xviii. 25, 26. Also in the first Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians: “Evil communications corrupt good dispositions.”^45804580    1 Cor. xv. 33.