Consult not with him that layeth a snare for thee, and hide thy counsel from them that envy thee. 8Every counsellor giveth out counsel, but there is one that is a counsellor for himself. 9Beware of a counsellor. And know before what need he hath: for he will devise to his own mind: 10Lest he thrust a stake into the ground, and say to thee: 11Thy way is good; and then stand on the other side to see what shall befall thee. 12Treat not with a man without religion concerning holiness, nor with an unjust man concerning justice, nor with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous, nor with a coward concerning war, nor with a merchant about traffic, nor with a buyer of selling, nor with an envious man of giving thanks, 13Nor with the ungodly of piety, nor with the dishonest of honesty, nor with the field laborer of every work, 14Nor with him that worketh by the year of the finishing of the year, nor with an idle servant of much business: give no heed to these in any matter of counsel. 15But be continually with a holy man, whomsoever thou shalt know to observe the fear of God,