American Standard Version of 1901
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Enter not into the path of the wicked,And walk not in the way of evil men.
Avoid it, pass not by it;Turn from it, and pass on.
For they sleep not, except they do evil;And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
For they eat the bread of wickedness,And drink the wine of violence.
But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light,That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
The way of the wicked is as darkness:They know not at what they stumble.
And Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.
And Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her.
He deviseth iniquity upon his bed;He setteth himself in a way that is not good;He abhorreth not evil.
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was priest of {Hebrew: El Elyon.}God Most High.
But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
that ye may become blameless and harmless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye are seen as {Greek: luminaries. Wisd. 13:2; compare Revelation 21:11}lights in the world,
And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days;
But ye are turned aside out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.